Community Paediatric Therapy Referrals

Service

Locality:

Type of Care:

Physiotherapy:

To support children with one or more of the following difficulties:

• movement
• posture and balance
• reduced muscle strength and coordination
• reduced quality of movement or restricted movements.

Occupational Therapy:

To support children with one or more of the following difficulties:

• sitting and positioning
• handwriting and using a pen / scissors
• co-ordination affecting self-care skills (dressing, eating, toileting)
• co-ordination affecting independence (riding a bike, social games, physical education (PE)).

Speech and Language Therapy:

To support children with one or more of the following difficulties:

• unclear speech (speech sounds)
• not understanding what is being said (understanding of spoken language)
• vocabulary and putting words together into sentences (spoken language)
• mixing with other children and adults (social communication skills)
• only speaking in certain situations (selectively mute)
• stammering or stuttering
• hoarse or husky sounding voice
• hearing impairment / deafness.