{"id":14959,"date":"2022-03-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/bruin-veitir-studning-i-naerumhverfi-barna-og-fjolskyldna\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:18:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:18:57","slug":"bruin-provides-support-in-the-local-community-for-children-and-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/bruin-veitir-studning-i-naerumhverfi-barna-og-fjolskyldna\/","title":{"rendered":"The bridge provides support in children's local environment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The bridge provides support in the local environment for children and families.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Bridge is a procedure that has been run by the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur for the past few years. The procedure has promoted increased cooperation between the systems and departments involved in the welfare of children and their parents. The development of Br\u00fain began in 2016 when staff from the Department of Family and Child Affairs and the Department of Education and Public Health felt there was a need for increased cooperation and integration of services from these departments. \u201eStaff in the departments noticed that sometimes the same families were being served for different reasons, and there was a lack of an overall view of the resources that families received from the local authority. There was also a perceived need to find procedures and methods for providing tiered services at an earlier stage.\u201c<\/em> says Eir\u00edkur \u00deorvar\u00f0arson, Head of the Education and Public Health Department.<\/p>\n\"HuldaEirikur\"\n

Hulda and Eir\u00edkur agree that a tiered approach to resources was sorely lacking before. With Br\u00faarinnar's procedure, it is now possible to provide resources earlier and without a diagnosis. Eir\u00edkur and Hulda with the team from Br\u00fain's family and support services, of which Hulda is also a part. THE NEWS PAPER\/ERNIR<\/sup><\/p>\n

Following this, Hulda Bj\u00f6rk Finnsd\u00f3ttir was appointed as the project manager of Br\u00fain. The department, family and school services of Br\u00fain was then established, operating across both areas. The department's advisers have a cross-disciplinary background and support Br\u00fain's procedures, providing services to families at an earlier stage. Initially, a number of the town's nurseries and primary schools took part in the development, until the 2020-2021 academic year, when all nurseries and primary schools had begun to participate in the procedure.<\/p>\n

The bridge between systems, stages and departments\u00a0<\/h4>\n

\u201eThe procedure is based on analyses and material from various professional groups and institutions over recent decades, which have indicated that early support in a child's local environment needs to be strengthened so that interventions can be made with less intensive resources. The dream is to be able to provide children and parents with appropriate services and resources before a diagnosis is made.\u201c <\/em>says Eir\u00edkur. \u201eThe Bridge's procedures provide for increased collaboration with healthcare for nursery and primary school children.\u201c <\/em>says Hulda. The tiering of the service matters. The service is divided into three tiers. Early support is defined under tier one. Here, schools provide support using their own resources. \u201eThere are various things that can be done in the first instance if a child is experiencing challenges and difficulties at school. Training can be set up around learning, interviews can be held, the child can be given adapted learning materials, increased encouragement, and so on.\u201c <\/em>says Eir\u00edkur.<\/p>\n

If further support is needed, the matter is referred to the next tier, where multidisciplinary support is provided through the schools' bridge team. This team includes school-based professionals, along with relevant advisers. The role of the bridge teams is to map the child's situation and seek joint solutions to support the child and their family. In the bridge team, the child's learning, strengths, behaviour and development are discussed with the parents' consent, and appropriate resources, both within and outside the school, are mobilised to intervene earlier. This integration of services is always carried out in consultation with the parents. When more specialised support, such as a diagnosis for the child, is needed, the matter is referred to a psychologist or a speech and language therapist. If the issue has become more complex, the matter is referred to the third tier, to child protection.<\/p>\n

Building better bridges<\/h4>\n

\u201eSince the introduction of Br\u00fain, collaboration between all parties involved has increased. More resources are available and the level of service is more diverse. We also offer increased training to schools on topics such as ADHD, anxiety and attachment issues. With this work, we aim to empower school staff even more effectively to work with the child's strengths and weaknesses,\u201c <\/em>says Hulda.<\/p>\n

\u201eBr\u00fain is a comprehensive approach with an emphasis on tiered services. The Br\u00fain's procedures are in line with the Act on the Integration of Services for the Well-being of Children, which came into force at the turn of the year. Br\u00fain is in constant development and review within the municipality. This is not a temporary project, but a changed approach to services for children and families in the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. \u201cAdvisors from both departments and the school headteachers agree that the 'Br\u00fain' procedure promotes better integration between systems and earlier solutions in children's matters. The results have therefore become tangible,\" <\/em>says Hulda at last.<\/p>\n

An interview with Hulda and Eir\u00edk was published in Fr\u00e9ttabla\u00f0i\u00f0 on Thursday, 3 March 2022.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Br\u00fain veitir stu\u00f0ning \u00ed n\u00e6rumhverfi barna og fj\u00f6lskyldna\u00a0 Br\u00fain er verklag sem keyrt hefur veri\u00f0 hj\u00e1 Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6 s\u00ed\u00f0ustu \u00e1r. Verklagi\u00f0 hefur stu\u00f0la\u00f0 a\u00f0 aukinni samvinnu kerfa og svi\u00f0a sem sn\u00faa a\u00f0 velfer\u00f0 barna og foreldra \u00feeirra. Forvinna Br\u00faarinnar h\u00f3fst \u00e1ri\u00f0 2016 \u00feegar starfsf\u00f3lki fj\u00f6lskyldu- og barnam\u00e1lasvi\u00f0s og mennta- og l\u00fd\u00f0heilsusvi\u00f0s fannst \u00fe\u00f6rf \u00e1 aukinni samvinnu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14959"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}