Type of service: Diagnostic services

Website: http://www.leicspart.nhs.uk

This is the "Families, Young People's and Children's Division" of Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. We are a team of Health Visitors and Support Workers offering, advice, support and specialist information to parents and carers of disabled children and young people from birth to nineteen years old. We aim to support families by working with them in equal partnership to enable them to meet the challenges they face. Our role involves working with other professionals and agencies to ensure your child's care is provided in a coordinated, timely manner and is centred around the individual needs of your child and family. Some of the issues we address include: .

• Adjusting to and accepting your child's diagnosis.
• Helping you to feel skilled and informed about your child's condition and needs.
• Assessing your child and family's strengths/needs and making sure referrals to all appropriate services are in place.
• Advice on practical issues (for example, benefits, grant applications, equipment, respite support).
• Managing behavioural issues (for example, toileting, eating/drinking or sleep difficulties).
• Helping brothers and sisters adjust and helping maintain family life.
• Managing on-going changes in your children's needs.
• Sleep Management Project (for children with Disabilities only) Please speak to a Childrens Disability Health Visitor for more details.
• Abdominal Massage project to launch 2013

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Assessment procedure: History taking, information gathering from speech and language therapy, early years providers/school and educational psychology(if needed), observation.

Follow up service: Yes.

Multi-disciplinary assessment: Yes, professions involved:Paediatrics, speech and language therapy. Education based colleagues and psychiatry when appropriate.

Aimed at: Adolescent , Child

Gender: All genders

Referral Sources: NHS Only

Specialisms: Has autism-specific elements

Other specialisms: Learning disability