ADHD

Early Help

If you are worried about your child's behaviour or development or you and your family are experiencing changes or difficulties that you can't manage by yourself, Early Help can offer support.

Completing an Early Help Assessment can help your family to access the support or professionals such as family workers or young people's workers. 

Read more about Early Help.

You can also contact the Early Help Hub by email: early.helphub@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or call: 01480 376 666.

SEND Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS)

The Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) offers impartial and confidential information, advice and support to parents and carers who have a child or young person with special educational needs (SEN) or a disability or have concerns that their child has special educational needs.

Read more about SENDIASS.

Behaviour

Parenting programmes are available to help parents and carers learn effective parenting strategies and how to manage your child's behavioural problems. There are a range of free parenting programmes available. Read more about parenting programmes.

You can also speak to your local Child and Family Centre for drop in sessions with family workers.

There are also tips and strategies to help you and your family cope with behaviour that challenges. Read the challenging behaviour guide.

The SEND Service (0 to 25) work in schools and settings with children and young people as well as their parents and carers. The service is delivered across Cambridgeshire and helps to provide targeted support and training in all aspects of Special Educational Needs (SEN). 

Read more about SEND Service (0 to 25).

If your child experiences sensory differences you can watch our series of online learning sessions that have been specifically created to support families to learn about sensory differences.

All children may experience sleep problems from time to time, but they are more commonly experienced in children with additional needs. Lack of sleep can have a huge impact on mood, behaviour, and their ability to learn.

Read more about sleep.

Read more about sleep advice for additional needs.

Please speak to your SENCO about possible support through school. Many schools have mental health support teams, and for those that do not, your SENCO will be able to guide you to local services.

If you or your child feels worried, Keep Your Head offers reliable information on mental health and wellbeing for children, young people and their families. 

Visit Keep Your Head.

Take a look at these booklets created by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.

ADHD guide for children ADHD guide for teenagers

Wisbech ADHD support group

If you have a child or young person in your care that has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, you can attend the support group and meet with others parents, carers and professionals for some well-earned support. Find out more about the support group.

Pinpoint ADHD support groups

Pinpoint offer lots of different support groups and information sessions. Face to face and virtual support groups are offered. Read more about support groups.

Pinpoint is a group ran by parents for parents and carers of children with additional needs. They run daytime and evening groups which are specific to children with additional needs and disabilities, although your child does not need a diagnosis. 

Groups are run in Ely, Histon, Peterborough and St Ives. 

Email: information@pinpoint-cambs.org.uk 

Call 01480 499043 or text 07973 248528