Type of service: Diagnostic services, Child Development Centres (CDC)

This is a multidisciplinary, multi-agency, multi-location assessment and diagnostic service for children aged 0-5 years in Rotherham.

Assessment procedure: Health practitioner referral leads to a multidisciplinary assessment at the Child Development Centre. Further assessment may take place at home and in an early years setting where applicable.

Follow up service: Parent information workshops and speech and language therapy input into the local education department's Autism Communication Team.

Multi-disciplinary assessment: Yes: Clinical psychologist, paediatrics, speech and language therapy, teacher, occupational therapist, nursery nurses, physiotherapy, children's nurse.

Aimed at: Child

Referral Sources: NHS Only

Specialisms: Generic

Other specialisms: Challenging behaviour, Differential diagnosis, Feeding Clinic and Sleep solutions trained, Feeding Clinic and Sleeping Solutions trained, Learning disability

Approaches and tools used: ADI-R, ADOS, CARS