Child disability payment (CDP) is a Scottish benefit that helps with the extra costs of looking after a disabled child.
Adult disability payment (ADP) is a benefit for working-age adults in Scotland who have extra care needs or mobility difficulties because of a disability.
Many young people who have been ‘looked after’ by the local authority are affected by special social security rules.
Pension age disability payment (PADP) is replacing attendance allowance as the main disability benefit for people living in Scotland who have reached pension age.
‘Kinship care’ is the situation in which a child goes to live with a member of their extended family or with a family friend. This course looks at benefit issues that arise for kinship carers.
This course gives you an overview of benefit support for families in Scotland from pregnancy to school age.
Attendance allowance (AA) is the main disability benefit for people who have reached pension age.
