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Support group for parents who have a child with difficult to manage behaviour including ADD and ADHD.
Group meetings take place alternate Wednesday's and Friday's, 10am-1pm.
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The club is open for all disabled young people and those with learning difficulties aged 13-28.
Includes an evening meal and an activity run by Newcastle United Foundation which normally involved a lot of running around.
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Monday night is a nurture session for children suffering with anxiety aged 7-12.
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SEND football session.
For age 16 plus.
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Social Activities Programme is for young adults aged 18 – 25 years.
This is a great opportunity for young disabled adults to take part in a range of fun centre-based social activities alongside local community outings.
Close supervision and additional support is provided by a dedicated and caring staff team.
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Specialist Rehabilitation Services
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with brain injury and neurodisability. We deliver rehabilitation, education and community services through skilled teams who work with children and young people, and their families.
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A quiet room for you and your child to relax with various sensory items. Booking is required, to book your 1 hour session please contact: 0191 277 4400 or email: bookings@nunsmoorcentretrust.com
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For parents/carers of children who are on the diagnostic pathway or post diagnosis of Autism.
Children must be living in Newcastle.
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For parents/carers of children who are on the diagnostic pathway or post diagnosis of Autism.
Children must be living in Newcastle.
Supporting your autistic child workshop
These sessions will cover:
- worries and action planning
- common misconceptions
- differences in autistic children
- practical strategies to use in everyday life
These sessions will run 10-12 and must be pre-booked.
We have the following dates available:
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For parents/carers of children who are on the diagnostic pathway or post diagnosis of Autism.
Children must be living in Newcastle.
Supporting your autistic child workshop
These sessions will cover:
- worries and action planning
- common misconceptions
- differences in autistic children
- practical strategies to use in everyday life
These sessions will run 10-12 and must be pre-booked.
We have the following dates available:
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The National Deaf Children’s Society is the UK’s leading childhood deafness charity.
We’re here for every deaf child who needs us, no matter what their level or type of deafness or how they communicate.
We provide free, independent support and information to parents, carers, deaf young people, extended family members and professionals.
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Newcastle City Loan Equipment Service (NCLES) provides equipment to support adults and children with their daily living and nursing needs in their own homes.
We are the main provider of this service in Newcastle
What does the service do?
We install, maintain, repair, decontaminate and recycle a wide range of equipment.
We also provide a technical advice service and carry out risk-assessments with medical and care professionals, both in-store and in people’s homes.
The type of equipment we supply includes:
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I CAN is the children’s communication charity. We are experts in helping children develop the speech, language and communication skills they need to thrive in a 21st century world.
Our vision is a world where all children have the communication skills they need to fulfil their potential.
Our mission is that no child should be left out or left behind because of a difficulty speaking or understanding.
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We are Speech and Language UK, and we want every child to face the future with confidence.
For at least 1.7 million children in the UK, learning to talk and understand words feels like an impossible hurdle. So we give children and young people the skills they need so they aren't left behind, waiting to be understood.
Our vision
Every child who is facing challenges with talking and understanding words can look to the future with confidence.
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Do you have a learning disability and/ or are Autistic? Would you like to join an LGBTQ+ group? Come and meet us.
The group helps to improve the opportunities for Autistic individuals and people with Learning Disabilties in the LGBTQ+ community.
You can talk to learning disability staff about any worries or ideas you may have.
Click here to download a copy of their flyer.
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New Autistic and ADHD Adult (18+) service, wholly led and facilitated by neurodiverse experts-by-experience. The service is open to anyone living in Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and Northumberland who is either diagnosed or self-identifying as neurodiverse and wanting to improve their mental health and wellbeing.
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Does your child have a special educational need or a disability?
Would you like to talk to other parents or get advice from professionals?
Drop in to our SEND Parent Support Group for friendly advice or just a chat and a cuppa.
Whether your child has a formal diagnosis or not, we are here to help.
A fun session for children with additional needs. Soft play is available for Stay and Play. Supported by professionals.
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Today, 10 children and young people in the UK will hear the shocking news that they have cancer.
Treatment normally starts immediately, is often given many miles from home and can last for up to three years. Being diagnosed with cancer is a frightening experience and the emotional, practical and financial implications of treatment are intensely challenging for the whole family.
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Our children’s acute physiotherapy team provide a comprehensive range of services for babies, children and young people with musculoskeletal, neurological or cardio-respiratory conditions.
The services we deliver range from treatments for common disorders, to more specialist care for complex problems, such as hydrotherapy, non-invasive ventilation and Ponsetti casting for congenital foot deformities.
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Our children’s community therapy services team provide highly specialised physiotherapy and occupational therapy to children who have long-term disabilities and complex health needs.
We work to support the child and their family to reach their greatest physical potential. This includes giving support to schools, respite agencies, and other local community services that children and their families may use.
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We provide a specialist regional service to children and their families covering a large geographical area – as far north as the Scottish Borders, south to the North Yorkshire across to the west coast.
Based at the Great North Children’s Hospital, we look after children from new-born through to 18 years old who require ventilatory support.
The majority of our patients that require assistance are managed with mask ventilation overnight however we also support children with tracheostomy who are dependent on ventilation 24 hours a day.
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The children's speech and language therapy service provides expert guidance and support around children’s speech, language and communication.
Our commitment is to help children communicate to the best of their ability.
We aim to minimise any negative impact of speech, language or communication difficulties for the child and their family, as well as on their education and social lives.
Our geographical boundary is Newcastle and we also treat children through regional services.
We can provide specialist support for:
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We offer direct and indirect speech and language therapy input for young people in further education, who have speech and language therapy agreed in their educational health care plan (EHCP).
This may include students who have autism, learning difficulties or hearing impairment as well as a wide range of speech, language and communication difficulties.
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The Community Eating Disorder Service (CEDS) provides community support and hospital inreach. This specialist eating disorder service supports young people and their families in the community to manage their condition and prevent hospital admission. They provide family based therapy in a range of settings as well as specialist clinical assessment and inreach to paediatric and acute mental health settings.
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The Community Multiple Sclerosis Team, based at Walkergate Park in Newcastle, is a multidisciplinary team working with people, and their families/carers, who have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). The service provides therapy, information, advice and continued support from diagnosis to end of life.
The team involved in your care could include:
- Physiotherapists
- Rehabilitation Assistants
- Occupational Therapists
- Neuro Rehabilitation Nurse Specialist
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