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Parent and Child Service

The National Institute of Conductive Education offers an early intervention service for families and their very young children (aged birth to three years) with cerebral palsy and other neurological disorders.

Parent and Child Services
 

The aims

The Parent and Child Service aims to enable parents/carers/family members to gain a greater understanding of how cerebral palsy affects their child and to help them to encourage their child to achieve greater independence.

The service aims to provide a comprehensive early years education which is appropriate to the age, ability and needs of the children and leads to the development of motor, social and educational skills.

Alongside the education for the child we provide support and advice to their families and work with associated professionals to achieve the best possible outcome for each child.

The Parent and Child Service will:

  1. help families understand their child’s particular needs.
  2. introduce children and their families to the basic skills young children need to acquire and show them how to work together to achieve these skills.
  3. help parents find ways of encouraging their child’s motor development, for example active movement or the use of hands in playing.
  4. advise parents of appropriate techniques and toys to encourage the development of social and play skills.
  5. provide advice and support on the management of daily activities and routine.
  6. provide opportunities to meet other parents of children with special needs.
  7. help parents prepare their child for the most appropriate nursery education.
 
Attendance
The Parent and Child Service is able to offer continuous placement for children aged from birth to three years and their parents/carers/families. The duration of the groups is one-and-a-half to two hours, and groups can be attended once or twice a week depending on the age and ability of the child. In some cases individual sessions may be offered, often as a pre-requisite to group work.

For families traveling from further afield, including abroad, we are also able to provide fixed-term groups of three weeks duration. Attendance in these groups is for one-and-a-half to two hours per day Monday to Friday.
 

 

Ruby's Story

At 9 months we took Ruby to our GP as she was not sitting. We were referred to a paediatrician and, after having an MRI scan at 18months, it was confirmed that Ruby had Athetoid Cerebral Palsy. Ruby has ongoing difficulties with balance and coordination which effect both her fine and gross motor skills.

 
 
Further details
Thanks to generous support from Zurich Cares part of Zurich Financial Services and other charitable trusts, this service is free to UK residents.

For further details on placements and how to apply, please contact us or email:

schooladministrator@conductive-education.org.uk
 
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