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      • Hearing
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          • GENERAL INFORMATION
          • Explanation of different types of Hearing Loss
          • Understanding the Ear
          • Impact on Speech and Language Development
          • Information on Safe Listening Levels
          • Information on Swim Moulds
          • What to expect from an Audiology appointment
          • Information on wax
          • How to refer to Audiology
          • SPECIFIC CONCERNS
          • Glue Ear
          • Hearing Loss
          • Tinnitus
          • Cleft Palate
          • Sensitivity to Noise
          • ASSOCIATED SERVICES
          • Childrens Audiology iconChildren’s Audiology
          • Children’s Speech & Language Therapy iconChildren’s Speech & Language Therapy
          • Community Paediatrician Service iconCommunity Paediatrician Service
      • Communication
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          • GENERAL INFORMATION
          • Using other methods of communicating – AAC information
          • Ages and Stages Information
          • Language – Early Communication Skills and Later Language Development
          • Social Communication
          • How to refer to a Speech Therapist
          • Speech Development – Speech Sound Difficulties
          • SPECIFIC CONCERNS
          • Stammering
          • Cleft Palate
          • Developmental Language Disorder
          • Autism/Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
          • ASSOCIATED SERVICES
          • Childrens Audiology iconChildren’s Audiology
          • Children’s Speech & Language Therapy iconChildren’s Speech & Language Therapy
          • Children’s Physiotherapy Service iconChildren’s Physiotherapy Service
          • Community Paediatrician Service iconCommunity Paediatrician Service
      • Behaviour
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          • GENERAL INFORMATION
          • Behaviour Information
          • SPECIFIC CONCERNS
          • Attention Problems
          • ADHD
          • Autism/Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
          • Autism Post-diagnostic Support
          • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
          • Anxiety
          • Sensory Processing Difficulties
          • ASSOCIATED SERVICES
          • Children’s Occupational Therapy Service iconChildren’s Occupational Therapy Service
          • Children’s Speech & Language Therapy iconChildren’s Speech & Language Therapy
          • Community Paediatrician Service iconCommunity Paediatrician Service
      • Movement and coordination
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          • GENERAL INFORMATION
          • Fine Motor Skills Information
          • What is normal Motor Development?
          • How is movement controlled?
          • Postural Management Equipment
          • Talipes Exercise Sheet
          • Torticollis Exercise
          • Shoulder Girdle Control
          • Cerebral Palsy treatment options
          • Play Positions
          • Orthotics Clinics
          • SPECIFIC CONCERNS
          • Down Syndrome
          • Muscular Dystrophy
          • Cerebral Palsy
          • Hypermobility
          • Developmental Coordination Disorder
          • Flat feet
          • Intoeing and Toe Walking
          • ASSOCIATED SERVICES
          • Children’s Occupational Therapy Service iconChildren’s Occupational Therapy Service
          • Children’s Speech & Language Therapy iconChildren’s Speech & Language Therapy
          • Children’s Physiotherapy Service iconChildren’s Physiotherapy Service
          • Community Paediatrician Service iconCommunity Paediatrician Service
      • Looking after themselves
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          • GENERAL INFORMATION
          • Help With looking after themselves
          • Dressing
          • Using Cutlery
          • Shoelaces
          • Personal Care
          • Ages and Stages
          • Emotional Resilience
          • OVERVIEW

          • In this section there is a range of advice and information to help your child with some daily tasks to help look after themselves.

          • ASSOCIATED SERVICES
          • Children’s Continence & Enuresis Service
          • Children’s Occupational Therapy Service
      • Healthcare needs
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          • GENERAL INFORMATION
          • Sleep information overview
          • Sleep Resources for parents/caregivers
          • Consent to treatment and the Mental Capacity Act
          • SPECIFIC CONCERNS
          • Down Syndrome
          • Muscular Dystrophy
          • Chronic Fatigue/ME
          • Cerebral Palsy
          • Anxiety
          • Autism/Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
          • Epilepsy
          • Diabetes
          • ASSOCIATED SERVICES
          • Children’s Diabetes Service iconChildren’s Diabetes Service
          • Children’s Occupational Therapy Service iconChildren’s Occupational Therapy Service
          • Children’s Speech & Language Therapy iconChildren’s Speech & Language Therapy
          • Children’s Physiotherapy Service iconChildren’s Physiotherapy Service
          • Community Paediatrician Service iconCommunity Paediatrician Service
      • Eating and drinking
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          • GENERAL INFORMATION
          • Ages and Stages
          • Fussy Eaters
          • What is Speech and Language’s role in Eating and Drinking difficulties?
          • What is Enteral Feeding?
          • What is a video Fluroscopy Swallow Study?
          • How can I prepare for the assessment?
          • SPECIFIC CONCERNS
          • Gastrostomies
          • Cleft Palate
          • ASSOCIATED SERVICES
          • Childrens Audiology iconChildren’s Audiology
          • Children’s Speech & Language Therapy iconChildren’s Speech & Language Therapy
          • Children’s Diabetes Service iconChildren’s Diabetes Service
          • Community Paediatrician Service iconCommunity Paediatrician Service
      • School
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          • GENERAL INFORMATION
          • Starting primary school
          • Transition to secondary school
          • Transition to adult services
          • Tips for Organising yourself at Schools
          • How to get help for your child in school
          • Promoting movement and coordination in preschools and schools
          • Equipment Adaptations
          • Handwriting
          • Scissor Skills
          • SPECIFIC CONCERNS
          • Dyslexia
          • Learning Difficulties
          • ASSOCIATED SERVICES
          • Children’s Speech & Language Therapy iconChildren’s Speech & Language Therapy
          • Community Paediatrician Service iconCommunity Paediatrician Service
  • Services
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      • Childrens Audiology iconChildren’s Audiology
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          • SERVICE DESCRIPTION

          • Providing an outpatient-based, diagnostic hearing service for children and young people aged seven months to 18 years, ensuring early detection and appropriate management of hearing impairment.

          • SPECIFIC CONCERNS
          • Tinnitus
          • Hearing Loss
          • Sensitivity to Noise
          • Glue Ear
          • Childrens Audiology icon

            Useful Phone Numbers:

            0300 1310 111
            Email

            Speech Therapy Essex
            0800 556 660

            Stammer UK
            0800 556 660

            NHS Speech
            0800 556 660

      • Childrens Community Nursing iconChildren’s Community Nursing Service
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          • SERVICE DESCRIPTION

          • Providing nursing care for children and young people with a health need in their own home or the community, including training and support for families and carers.

          • SPECIFIC CONCERNS
          • Childrens Community Nursing icon

            Useful Phone Numbers:

            0300 1310 111
            Email

      • Childrens Continence and Enuresis Service iconChildren’s Continence & Enuresis Service
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          • SERVICE DESCRIPTION

          • Providing specialist advice, care, treatment and support for children and young people aged 4-19 with incontinence.

          • SPECIFIC CONCERNS
          • Childrens Community Nursing icon

            Useful Phone Numbers:

            0300 1310 111
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      • Children’s Diabetes Service iconChildren’s Diabetes Service
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          • SERVICE DESCRIPTION

          • Providing ongoing care to children and young people with Type 1 diabetes, and supporting their families.

          • SPECIFIC CONCERNS
          • Childrens Diabetes icon

            Useful Phone Numbers:

            0300 1310 111
            Email

            Administrator
            01245 513198

            Out of hours
            07880 500802

            Nurses/Dietitians
            01245 513461/178

      • Children’s Occupational Therapy Service iconChildren’s Occupational Therapy Service
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          • SERVICE DESCRIPTION

          • The children’s Occupational Therapy service works with children aged 0-19 who have a range of functional difficulties which impact on their daily life. These may include: dressing, toileting, feeding/using cutlery, handwriting, fine and gross motor skills. We provide assessment, advice, and where appropriate individual or group intervention.

          • SPECIFIC CONCERNS
          • Childrens Occupational Therapy Service icon

            Useful Phone Numbers:

            0300 1310 111
            Email

      • Children’s Speech & Language Therapy iconChildren’s Speech & Language Therapy
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          • SERVICE DESCRIPTION

          • Providing family-centered support for children who have difficulties with speech, language, communication, and feeding.

          • SPECIFIC CONCERNS
          • Stammering
          • Developmental Language Disorder
          • Childrens Speech & Language Therapy icon

            Useful Phone Numbers:

            0300 1310 111
            Email

      • Children’s Physiotherapy Service iconChildren’s Physiotherapy Service
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          • SERVICE DESCRIPTION

          • The Children’s physiotherapy team assess, provide exercise programmes and advice for children and young people who have difficulties with their movement. We also advise on the provision of equipment and run the children’s orthotics and lycra service. We promote holistic, 24 hour management of these conditions with the purpose of improving the independence, health and wellbeing of the child or young person.

          • SPECIFIC CONCERNS
          • Muscular Dystrophy
          • Cerebral Palsy
          • Hypermobility
          • Developmental Coordination Disorder
          • Flat feet
          • Chronic Fatigue/ME
          • Childrens Physiotherapy Service icon

            Useful Phone Numbers:

            0300 1310 111
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      • Community Paediatrician Service iconCommunity Paediatrician Service
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          • SERVICE DESCRIPTION

          • Providing assessment, treatment and management of complex and long-term conditions, affecting a child's physical and emotional well-being which stops them succeeding educationally and socially.

          • SPECIFIC CONCERNS
          • ADHD
          • Autism/Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
          • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
          • Anxiety
          • Down’s Syndrome
          • Attention Problems
          • Community Paediatrician Service icon

            Useful Phone Numbers:

            0300 1310 111
            Email

      • Specialist Healthcare Training iconSpecialist Healthcare Training
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          • SERVICE DESCRIPTION

          • Specialist Healthcare Training Service offers a range of classroom-based training plus one to one competency assessments in healthcare tasks such as Buccal Midazolam administration and gastrostomy feeding. The service covers the whole of Essex (excluding Thurrock and Southend) and is commissioned to work with establishments who receive funding either through Essex County Council or Short Breaks funding. If you work for a company not receiving funding then we may be still able to assist you with training and would encourage you to phone or email us to discuss your training needs.

          • SPECIFIC CONCERNS
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            Useful Phone Numbers:

            01245 516726
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