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  • What happens and when Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 (age 7-11)

    . If they have an EHCP, SEND Statutory Assessment and Review Service (SENDSARS) will send out a letter asking for school choices. Settings will also discuss this at the EHCP annual review at the end of Year 5. Developing independence Children at this stage should be able to: have sleep-overs and go on residential trips cook at school and home understand money – paying for snacks in school go shopping move around the school independently have travel training understand transport and road signs Friends, relationships and community Children at this stage should be able to: go…

  • Sensory processing difficulties

    training to Sheffield school staff about sensory processing. They have a training package, which aims to equip SENCOs and teaching staff with the tools that they need to ensure their school is ‘sensory friendly’, as well as upskilling them to put in place strategies to support children with their sensory needs on a more individual basis, where appropriate. Our team will also be offering a consultation service for schools to provide additional support and advice, where needed. At the Ryegate Children’s Centre, they do not offer Ayres Sensory Integration Therapy (ASI). ASI is a prescriptive form of therapy which claims to change the child’s underlying neural pathways and remedy the child’s sensory processing difficulties. It is not an approach that is currently recommended in the NICE guidelines for Autism. Online resources On the Sheffield Childrens sensory webpage…

  • Healthy sleep tips for children

    a teenager. Find out why teenagers are always tired . For more tips and advice The Sleep Charity has more tips and advice for young people who are struggling with their sleep. Special Needs Inclusion Playcare Service (SNIPS) can help provide your family with support and guidance around any…

  • Where to get direct support for sleep problems

    Sleep Service at the Sheffield Children’s Hospital This service investigates and provides advice and treatment for children and young people with medical sleep disorders such as: obstructive sleep apnoea narcolepsy severe sleep walking night terrors unexplained nocturnal events. See the website for more information. Any health care professional can refer into this service if one of these conditions is suspected. They can send a referral letter to the Sleep Consultant at Sheffield Children’s Hospital. A team of nurses and sleep practitioners also give advice and intensive… Please see below for more information on where to get direct support with sleep problems for your child/young person. Children aged 0-5 years old Health visitors The 0-19 School Nursing and Health Visiting Service accepts referrals of children aged 2-5 years (pre-school) for specialist sleep…

  • Physiotherapy

    within a number of locations including: Sheffield Children’s Hospital The Ryegate Children’s Centre Mainstream and special schools Children’s homes The Becton Centre . How to refer, who is involved and who to contact New referrals must come from a health professional such as: GP Ryegate consultant speech and language therapy Schools cannot refer directly. Parents must go to the GP to ask for a referral if no other health professional is already involved. If the child has been seen in the past by the service and discharged, the parent or school can re-refer. Please on click the logo below for information on the different teams, what the service offers, who is involved and who to contact. More information and resources You can find this on the Sheffield Children's Hospital Resource Library. Click on the logo to find out more. …

  • Autism Assessment Clinic

    a child on the most appropriate pathway, not age. Please on click the logo below for information on what the service offers, who is involved and who to contact. The team can also be contacted directly by telephone on 0114 2717656. More information and resources You can find this on the Sheffield…

  • Community Paediatrics

    a SENCO does.) Speech and Language therapists Physiotherapists Family Intervention Service workers Primary Mental Health workers Hospital consultants and audiologists Looked After and Adoptive Children’s Health team CAHMS workers School nurses Neonatologists (this is a medical professional who specialises in caring for newborn babies, particularly those who are ill or born prematurely) Please on click the logo below for information on what the service offers, who is involved and who to contact. More information and resources You can find this on the Sheffield Children's…

  • Coordination Disorders (DCD) Team

    speech and language therapy Schools cannot refer directly. Parents must go to the GP to ask for a referral if no other health professional is already involved. If the child has been seen in the past by the service and discharged, the parent or school can re-refer. Please on click the logo below for information on what the service offers, who is involved and who to contact. More information and resources You can find this on the Sheffield Children's Hospital Resource Library. Click on the logo to find out more. …

  • Multi-disciplinary two day assessment

    Who we support and referral reason We support children 3 to 16 years who may have a neurodevelopmental disorder. Their difficulties are significant and likely to be in more than one area. There may be queries about underlying medical conditions. Where we can deliver our services Services are provided within a number of locations including: The Ryegate Children’s Centre How to refer, who is involved and who to contact New referrals must come from a health professional such as: GP Ryegate consultant speech and language therapy Schools cannot refer directly. Parents must go to the GP to ask for a referral if no other health professional is already involved. Please on click the logo below for information on what the service offers, who is involved and who to contact. More information and resources You can find this on the Sheffield Children's Hospital Resource…

  • Early Years Therapy Team

    is already involved. If the child has been seen in the past by the service and discharged, the parent or nursery/school can re-refer. Please on click the logo below for information on what the service offers, who is involved and who to contact. More information and resources You can find this on the Sheffield Children's Hospital Resource Library. Click on the logo to find out more. …