Stockport – Children – Ages 5

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Assessment

Post-diagnosis

Communication

Sensory

Physical Health & Co-occurring Conditions

Attention & Activity

Eating

Sleep

Understanding Behaviour

Mental Health & Wellbeing

Education

Assessment

The list below shows you what services are available depending on where you are in your assessment journey. Whether you suspect you/your child may be Autistic, you are awaiting a formal diagnostic assessment, or you may recently have had such an assessment, there is a service to help.

Pre-assessment

Any information or activity offered to parents/ individuals as a pre-assessment service.

Understanding your Neurodivergent Young Person - training (email ndteam@stockport.gov.uk for further info)
Empowering Parents Empowering Communities course (email admin.epec@stockport.gov.uk for more info)
ND Support via Family Hubs offering coffee mornings/ bookable drop-in sessions/ multi-agency triage panel (contact ndteam@stockport.gov.uk for more info)

The diagnostic services


CAMHS

Post-diagnosis

Services / groups/ activities offered after diagnosis.

Autism Awareness Couse (contact ndteam@stockport.gov.uk)
Understanding your Neurodivergent Young Person - training (email ndteam@stockport.gov.uk for further info)
Empowering Parents Empowering Communities course (email admin.epec@stockport.gov.uk for more info)
ND Support via Family Hubs offering coffee mornings/ bookable drop-in sessions/ multi-agency triage panel (contact ndteam@stockport.gov.uk for more info)

Communication

Autistic people often have some communication differences.
The resource below offer some general advice:

Childrens Therapy Services 

GM resources on communication

Sensory

Autistic people often experience their senses differently and understanding this can be the key to supporting the autistic person to self-regulate and understand themselves better:
Here are some useful resources about sensory needs and differences’.

GM resources on sensory

Physical Health & Co-occuring Conditions

Autistic children/adults may also develop a few co-occurring health issues. These may be physical or mental health conditions.

Attention & Activity

Autistic children may also have co-occurring conditions that affect attention and activity. Services below may be able to support you with these.

Eating

Due to sensory differences, many autistic children/adults have preferences with eating.

GM resources on eating

Sleep

Sleep difficulties are very common for autistic children. Not only can this have a massive impact on the autistic child, but it can impact parents, carers and other family members.

Sleep Support for Children and Young People with SEND

GM resources on sleep

Understanding Behaviour

Some autistic children have difficulties with communication, sensory experiences and thinking styles.
This may lead to stress and anxiety related behaviour from the autistic child. Services below can support parents and carers with these behaviours.

Primary Riding the Rapids course (contact ndteam@stockport.gov.uk or ccldt@stockport.nhs.uk)

Secondary Riding the Rapids course (contact ndteam@stockport.gov.uk or ccldt@stockport.nhs.uk)

Mental Health & Wellbeing

Some autistic adolescents may experience co-occurring mental health conditions. The information below lists support available where you live in relation to mental health and well-being support

Mental Health and Wellbeing Support for Children and Young People – Padlet
Mental Health in Education – information and resources for schools and colleges

General Advice on Mental Health:

Advice on Mental health

Education

The information below relates to available services and support related to education where you live. 

Inclusion Service

Primary Jigsaw (contact primary.jigsaw@stockport.gov.uk)

Secondary Jigsaw (jigsaw@pendlebury.stockport.sch.uk)

ND Team (contact ndteam@stockport.gov.uk)

Autism Education Webpage under development

Stockport education service

educationstockport.uk/Services

GM resources on education