The service offers families psychological interventions, advice and practical support to enhance parenting skills and support parents to address any behavioural difficulties and emotional needs that children may be struggling with.
This team of psychologists use a range of therapeutic evidence-based interventions to support parents to improve behaviour, eating, sleep management etc, through individual and group parenting approaches to work on helping to strengthen families’ behaviour management and coping techniques. Support is also provided for parenting issues around topics such as establishing routines, boundary setting, play, feelings/emotions, life-skills development and transitional issues for the young person. Support is provided in the family home or in community venues such as school.
Referrals are accepted from any involved professionals for children with diagnosed disabilities, from any of the following sets of need:
• Learning disabilities linked with communication, behavioural, emotional or social needs
• Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD)
• ADHD
• Sensory impairment
• Long term medical conditions
• Neuro developmental conditions
• Multiple disabilities.