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Welcome to the Bury Children's Occupational Therapy Padlet. This platform serves as a comprehensive resource for professionals and families, providing access to valuable materials and detailed information about our services. We are a community-based service operating from the Bury Living Well Centre, delivering support through home visits, educational settings, and hospital environments. For assistance or inquiries regarding the content available on our Padlet, please do not hesitate to contact our team at 0161 206 0668.

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Hello, Welcome to Bury Children's Occupational Therapy Service Padlet

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Hello, Welcome to Bury Children's Occupational Therapy Service Padlet

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This resource introduces our service and what to expect from your OT appointment at Bury Living Well Centre.

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Occupational Therapy - Children’s/Paediatric | The Bury Directory

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Occupational Therapy - Children’s/Paediatric | The Bury Directory

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Dyspraxia UK - Dyspraxia UK - Specialist occupational therapy

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Dyspraxia UK - Specialist occupational therapy. Book an assessment.

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The Hypermobility Syndromes Association - supporting people with hypermobility, Ehlers-Danlos syndromes, Marfan syndrome, sticker syndrome and more.

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Bury Integrated Community Equipment Service

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Bury Integrated Community Equipment Service | The Bury Directory

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Children’s Occupational Therapist (Equipment & Adaptations) | The Bury Directory

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Children’s Occupational Therapist (Equipment & Adaptations) | The Bury Directory

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Drive Ability North West – Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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We also give advice on a variety of different mobility options.

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Connecting people, communities, and local services throughout Bury.

We care about Bury and our communities and want to empower you and your family to live a happier and healthier life.

We aim to bring together everything you need to live a happier and healthier life in Bury, all in one place. You can find services, information, advice, events, activities, and support that is available for people living within the borough of Bury, including Whitefield, Radcliffe, Prestwich, Tottington and Ramsbottom.

You can find what you are looking for by browsing our main categories, Adult Social Care, Children, Young People & Families, and Health, Wellbeing & Lifestyle, or use our onsite search tool. You can also use the onsite navigation, located at the top of every page to explore other useful sections.

We also have areas of the website dedicated to support unpaid carers, children and families with special educational needs and disabilities, and care leavers living in Bury.

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Connecting people, communities, and local services throughout Bury. We care about Bury and our communities and want to empower you and your family to live a happier and healthier life. We aim to bring together everything you need to live a happier and healthier life in Bury, all in one place.

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Posture & Mobility Centre (Wheelchair Services) :: Northern Care Alliance

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We provide assessment for the possible provision of a wheelchair and associated equipment following initial referral from the GP, Nurse or registered Healthcare Professional.

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Developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD), also known as dyspraxia, is a condition affecting physical co-ordination. It causes a child to perform less well than expected in daily activities for their age, and appear to move clumsily.
This topic is about DCD in children, although the condition often causes continued problems into adulthood.

Find out more about DCD in adults.

Symptoms of DCD

Early developmental milestones of crawling, walking, self-feeding and dressing may be delayed in young children with DCD. Drawing, writing and performance in sports are also usually behind what is expected for their age.

Although signs of the condition are present from an early age, children vary widely in their rate of development. This means a definite diagnosis of DCD does not usually happen until a child with the condition is 5 years old or more.

Find out more about symptoms of DCD in children.

When to seek medical advice

If you're concerned about your child's health or development, talk to a GP or health visitor, or speak to a nurse, doctor or special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCO) at your child's school.

They may refer your child to an occupational therapist, paediatrician, or another health professional who can assess them and try to identify any developmental problems.

Find out more about diagnosing DCD in children.

Causes of DCD

Doing co-ordinated movements is a complex process that involves many different nerves and parts of the brain.

Any problem in this process could potentially lead to difficulties with movement and co-ordination.

It's not usually clear why co-ordination doesn't develop as well as other abilities in children with DCD.

However, a number of risk factors that can increase a child's likelihood of developing DCD have been identified.

These include:

being born prematurely, before the 37th week of pregnancy

being born with a low birth weight

having a family history of DCD, although it is not clear exactly which genes may be involved in the condition

the mother drinking alcohol or taking illegal drugs while pregnant

Treating DCD

There's no cure for DCD, but a number of therapies can help children to manage their problems.

These include:

being taught ways of do activities they find difficult, such as breaking down difficult movements into smaller parts and practicing them regularly

adapting tasks to make them easier, such as using special grips on pens and pencils so they are easier to hold

Although DCD does not affect how intelligent a child is, it can make it more difficult for them to learn and they may need extra help to keep up at school.

Treatment for DCD will be tailored to your child and usually involves a number of different healthcare professionals working together.

Although the physical co-ordination of a child with DCD will remain below average, this may be less of a problem as they get older and develop coping strategies. Some children may continue to have problems.

However, difficulties in school - particularly producing written work - can become much more prominent and require extra help from parents and teachers.

Find out more about treating DCD in children.

Dyspraxia or DCD?

While many people in the UK use the term dyspraxia to refer to the difficulties with movement and co-ordination that first develop in young children, this term is used less often by healthcare professionals.

Instead, most healthcare professionals use the term developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD) to describe the condition.

This term is generally preferred by healthcare professionals because dyspraxia can have several meanings.

For example, dyspraxia can be used to describe movement difficulties that happen later in life because of damage to the brain, such as from a stroke or head injury.

Some healthcare professionals may also use the term specific developmental disorder of motor function (SDDMF) to refer to DCD.

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Developmental co-ordination disorder (dyspraxia) in children

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Read about developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD), also known as dyspraxia, a condition that affects physical co-ordination.

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We offer a lifeline for families, providing life-changing and life-saving specialist equipment when and where it's needed. Childhood cancers, birth defects, accidents, diseases and infections can all cause disability. They are affecting children and their families every day.

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Occupational Therapy and Play Practice Guidelines

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Occupational Therapy and Play Practice Guidelines

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Royal College of Occupational Therapists

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Dyspraxia support videos - Watch Me Do It Project

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Dyspraxia support videos | Manchester Metropolitan University movement support videos for dyspraxia/developmental coordination disorder (DCD)

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Fizzy Training- Body Awareness and Co-ordination

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"Supporting the whole family"

First Point Family Support Services are the contract leads for the Sensory Pilot in Bury. Rehabilitation for Independence are the specialist private company that are commissioned through the contract to deliver the sensory assessments and sensory seminars (see their webpage link below). As contract lead we report on the anonymous statistical data to contract leads and manage the bookings, provide the venues and refreshments for all the seminars.

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Home - Rehabilitation for Independence (rehabforindependence.co.uk)

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What We Offer:

The Team

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Lynsey Blears - Company Director

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"We passionately empower families and professionals to make informed choices. Built on our innovative and personable approach we aim to make life changing differences."

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Home - Kooth

Kooth, the online counselling and emotional well-being platform for children and young people aged 11 to 18 years has been available in Bolton, Manchester, Oldham, Trafford Rochdale and Wigan for some time. It's now available in Bury, Salford, Tameside and Stockport.

Kooth provides:

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The target groups in Greater Manchester

To find out more visit https://hub.gmhsc.org.uk/mental-health/kooth/

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Information for Parent/Carers

Launch of Educational Psychology Service School/Parent Help Line

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Bury local authority have opened a help line for parents and carers who have children or young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disability.

The helpline that will be run by Bury Education Psychology Service and is available to provide advice to parents/carers and schools

It will run twice a week on

Mondays between 13.00 and 15.30

and

Wednesday between 9.30 and 12.00.

The number is 0161 253 6406.

(voicemail facility is available please leave a message and the team will get back to you)

The helpline is intended to provide EP advice and support for schools/parents of CYP with SEND in the context of the current situation that exists due to Covid-19.

Types of EP advice and support available could include:

* Anxiety, stress and related issues arising from being out of school/returning to school/COVID 19/missing friends etc.,

* Loss and bereavement - EPs provide Critical Incident support, but the helpline may identify where this support is needed.

* Transitions - particularly for those children starting reception/year 7.

* Advice on routines/behaviours because of changes to routine.

* Reassurance/advice on academic progress and expectations once children are back to school.

* Advice on EHC needs assessments and annual reviews.

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You may of course have other educational questions or concerns that are not included on this list, so please do not hesitate to call, no matter how small your question or concern is.

Please note that EPs may sign post to other services as part of the support but will not become involved beyond the advice and support of the phone call.

First Point Family Support - Upcoming Events

If you would like to book onto a seminar contact us on 0161 762 1440
or via email - admin@firstpointsupport.org.uk
Please ensure you book on as places are limited.

Please find our address and contact details below
Thank You

Phoenix house, 100 Brierley Street, Bury, Manchester, BL9 9HN

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This guideline covers the period before, during and after a young person moves from children's to adults' services. It aims to help young people and their carers have a better experience of transition by improving the way it's planned and carried out. It covers both health and social care.

The Care Quality Commission uses NICE guidelines as evidence to inform the inspection process.

Recommendations

This guideline includes recommendations on:

Who is it for?

Health and social care providers

Health and social care practitioners in children's and adult health, mental health and social care services

Other practitioners working with young people who use health and social care services, for example, those working in education and employment agencies

Young people using heath or social care services who may need support from adults' services in the future, and their parents or carers

Commissioners should ensure that any service specifications take into account the recommendations in this guideline and the NICE quality standard on transition from children's to adults' services.

Guideline development process
How we develop NICE guidelines
Your responsibility

The recommendations in this guideline represent the view of NICE, arrived at after careful consideration of the evidence available. When exercising their judgement, professionals and practitioners are expected to take this guideline fully into account, alongside the individual needs, preferences and values of their patients or the people using their service. It is not mandatory to apply the recommendations, and the guideline does not override the responsibility to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of the individual, in consultation with them and their families and carers or guardian.

All problems (adverse events) related to a medicine or medical device used for treatment or in a procedure should be reported to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency using the Yellow Card Scheme.

Local commissioners and providers of healthcare have a responsibility to enable the guideline to be applied when individual professionals and people using services wish to use it. They should do so in the context of local and national priorities for funding and developing services, and in light of their duties to have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, to advance equality of opportunity and to reduce health inequalities. Nothing in this guideline should be interpreted in a way that would be inconsistent with complying with those duties.

Commissioners and providers have a responsibility to promote an environmentally sustainable health and care system and should assess and reduce the environmental impact of implementing NICE recommendations wherever possible.

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Transition from children's to adults' services for young people using health or social care services

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This guideline covers the period before, during and after a young person moves from children's to adults' services. It aims to help young people and their

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Enhance motor skills with this easy-to-use fun filled motor skills programme.

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