Developmental or Behavioural Concerns

Universal: Level 1Children having their needs met through accessing universal services such as schools, health visiting, GP and so on. Child Health Service

Universal Child Health Service

Health Visitors

Specific advice for Help with special education needs including Education, Health and Care assessments and information about the process can also be found on the SEN Assessment & Commissioning page.

Child Development Team

Knowsley have a coordinated response to a child and their family if they or a professional identify a development or behavioural concern.  This response is through the Child Development Team (CDT) who are made up of health and education professionals for early years children and the aim of the team is to meet regularly and co-ordinate a joined up response.  The CDT are the central point of contact and only entry point for all developmental or behavioural concerns in early years children.   This ensures a multi-agency response including the opportunity for joint assessments, referral to other specialist services and a nominated key professional to lead and coordinate and to liaise with parents/carers.

CDT professionals include: 

• Portage
• Speech & Language Therapy, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
• Universal: Level 1Children having their needs met through accessing universal services such as schools, health visiting, GP and so on. Child Health Visiting
• Community Paediatrics
• Early Years Area SENCO
• Early Years Educating children with special educational needs, together with children who do not have special educational needs, in mainstream schools, wherever possible. Ensuring that children with special educational needs engage in the activities of the school together with the other children. Manager
• Early Years Centres

For further information on the CDT please contact childdevelopmentteam@knowsley.gov.uk

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Neuro-Developmental This involves building a picture of your child’s abilities, difficulties, behaviour, his/her special educational needs (if applicable) and the support required to meet those needs. A statutory assessment is a formal procedure which involves the collection of information from as many people as possible who have detailed knowledge about your child. Pathway

The Neuro-developmental assessment pathway brings together diagnosis of the Autistic Spectrum Condition ( Autism Spectrum Condition ), Developmental Co-ordinations Disorder (DCD).  The pathway is the journey the child undertakes from initial referral, seeing a number of professionals and receiving or not receiving a diagnosis.  The merging of the pathways ensures that the number of times a child is seen by professionals is reduced and there is no need for one or more diagnosis that this is carried out in a timely way.

Every child on the pathway will have a lead professional this is so that all professionals are coordinated and it also ensures one point of contact for the family.

Referrals to the pathway must come from school and have supporting information attached, for example reports from professionals already involved, reviewed Personal Provision Plan's (PPP, formerly IEP) or screening tools specific to the strand of the pathway referral is for.

Professionals who may be involved in the pathway are:

• Community Paediatricians
• Educational Psychologists
• Speech and Language Therapists
• Occupational Therapists
• CAMHS
• Autism Spectrum Condition Advisory Teachers

If you have a query regarding your child’s progress on the Neuro-developmental This involves building a picture of your child’s abilities, difficulties, behaviour, his/her special educational needs (if applicable) and the support required to meet those needs. A statutory assessment is a formal procedure which involves the collection of information from as many people as possible who have detailed knowledge about your child. Pathway, please contact the service  by telephone on 0203 905 9390  or by email jo.lucas@nhs.net

Neurodevelopmental Pathway updates

Positive Behaviour Support Service (PBSS)