Child development centre
Welcome
The Airedale Child Development Centre (CDC) has specialist teams who work with children and young people with a range of developmental difficulties. We aim to support the child, young person, their family and support network throughout their assessment and intervention process.
The team provides evidence-based care that responds to the needs of children, and young people up to the age of 19 who experience issues with health, behaviour, movement, co-ordination, pain, speech, language and communication or eating and drinking difficulties.
The teams work in partnership with families and other agencies and professionals to reduce the impact of these difficulties on the child or young person’s well-being and ability to participate in daily life.
We aim to:
- assess, diagnose, design and deliver care packages to children, young people with concerns with movement control and/or pain.
- maximise the child or young persons potential
- provide individual treatment plans based on individual needs. To provide appropriate information and referral on to other professionals as required
Children aged 0-19 can be referred to individual therapy teams at the Child Development Centre for assessment. Referrals are clinically triaged and decisions made to support holistic and patient centred care
The team includes occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, therapy assistants and administrative staff, working closely with the consultant community paediatricians.
The Airedale Neurodevelopmental Assessment team ( for children under 7 years with suspected autism ) are also based at the Child development Centre
Location Building 15
Phone: 01535 292821
anhsft.cdc.referrals@nhs.net
Community Paediatricians
A team of specialist paediatricians who provide out of hospital care for children and young people with a range of health and developmental needs; physical disabilities, learning disability, social communication disorders (autism) and other long term disabling conditions. We also carry out a range of statutory duties in relation to child protection, medical advice for special educational needs and health assessments for looked after children.
We work within the community in partnership with families and young people. We work closely with other health professionals and have close links with the acute paediatricians, paediatric therapists and outreach nursing team and also with colleagues in primary care, schools and children’s centres and within children’s services. We accept referrals from professionals within these services.
We accept new patient referrals up to age 16, but may continue to see young people with disabilities until they complete secondary education at age 19. We provide a service for children living in the Keighley and Craven area including Bingley and the Wharfe Valley.
Physiotherapists
The paediatric physiotherapy team are specialists trained in working with children and young people who have problems with developmental delay, pain movement and postural control, coordination or breathing difficulties.
The team are based at the Child Development Centre and provide a service Monday to Friday 8.30 am – 4.30 pm.
The team sees children, from birth through to 18 years if the child is in full time education (19 years if in a special school), who have developmental difficulties and/or physical disabilities.
The role of the Physiotherapy team is to enable children and young people to reach their maximum functional level in the home, school or community.
Physiotherapists will demonstrate and explain to parents/guardians and carers the best way to help their child. They have a statutory duty to provide advice for special educational needs assessments for children.
Speech and language therapists
The team work with children and young people who have complex communication needs, their family and their educational setting to support and develop all aspects of communication – the ability to understand language , ways for them to express themselves through sound, words and sentences, pictures or signs. The therapists are also involved when there are particular problems with eating drinking and swallowing.
The team link closely with colleagues working in other speech and language therapy teams in Childrens Therapy services .
The team are based at the Child Development Centre and provide a service Monday to Friday.
The team sees children, from birth through to 18 years if the child is in full time education (19 years if in a special school).
Other staff
Other staff include :
Assistant Therapy Practitioners
Senior Therapy Assistants
Psychologists
Assistant Psychologists
