R4PÂ -Â Un réseau régional de professionnels dédié Ã l'enfant en situation de handicap

A regional health network for children and teenagers with disabilities (R4P) was created in Rhône-Alpes region (France) in 2007 with the aim to improve the quality of care provided to those patients. The main projects of the R4P concern training, harmonization of care and communication. R4P is a very special regional health network in France because of two particularities. First, it concerns all types of disabilities; secondly, it includes each kind of professionals concerned by children with disabilities: health care professionals of hospital and ambulatory care, social workers, administrations and education professionals. Decompartmentalization and collaboration between all kinds of professionals is necessary to improve global care of children and teenagers with disabilities. Today, 750 professionals are participating in the R4P network.