We are a team of health care professionals, including doctors, nurses and therapy staff who work together to support families who have a child with a suspected neurodevelopmental condition or disability.
This service provides an assessment and diagnosis for possible neurodevelopmental conditions such as Autism and ADHD.
Although we can identify strengths and needs and provide medication support for those diagnoses with ADHD, the main focus of the service is assessment and diagnosis.
Ongoing support is provided by other services such as the specialist nurses team, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy.
We work together to assess and support children and young people with a wide range of needs such as:
- Delay in development- skills taking longer than usual to develop
- Physical, vision and hearing impairment
- Learning difficulties or likelihood of additional needs in school
- Social interaction and communication issues- Autism spectrum disorder.
- Attention and hyperactivity difficulties (over 6 years old)
- Sensory differences- sensitivity to smell taste sights sounds touch and movement
- Difficulties with coordinating movements
- Difficulties completing everyday activities such as dressing and using the toilet.