What you need help with: Behaviour
Children and young people may behave in ways that are concerning like hitting, kicking, throwing things, running away, or hurting themselves. They might also use mean words. These behaviours may be of such intensity, frequency or duration that they can impact on the safety of the person or others.
It might also make it hard to go to community places, which can lead to the child or young person feeling left out.
Challenging behaviour is often seen in people with health problems that affect communication and the brain, such as learning disabilities.
Caring for a child or young person who has challenging behaviour can be stressful and exhausting. Everyday activities, like going to the park or to school, can become difficult when parents are worried their child may get upset or angry with those around them.
How to make a referral yourself
To make a referral you will need to download and fill in one or more forms and answer questions about what you need help with. Your answers will give our clinical specialists the essential information they need.
It helps if you can give us as much detailed information as possible, such as:
- how long the difficulties have lasted
- how they affect day-to-day life
- other relevant experiences
You may need to share information from a doctor, nurse, other healthcare professional, or school SENCO (Special Educational Needs Coordinator).
Sending the form back to us
We’d prefer that you email the form back to us at cfhd.devonspa@nhs.net.
When you email us, please make sure:
- the documents you send are only in Word (.doc/.docx), PDF (.pdf) or JPEG (.jpeg/.jpg) formats
- each document is attached separately and is less than 3MB in size
- you don’t attach multiple single pages
- the email is less than 10MB in total
If this is tricky for you, you can print out the form, fill it in by hand, and post it back to us at: Single point of Access, 1a Capital Court, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter EX2 7FW