Registered childminders and children with disabilities.

This article describes the role of the registered childminder in caring for children with disabilities. It explains the community childminding networks that help put parents in touch with appropriate childminders and then provide continuing support to the parents and the childminder. These networks help provide additional tailored training for childminders to enable them to meet the special needs of a particular child. The networks link in with other local authority and health services and may sometime help to fund placements.