Abstract

Aims and MethodWe discuss the development of a service for children with learning disabilities within a child and adolescent mental health team using the Health Advisory Service Together We Stand tier system. The paper also includes an audit of the service 8 months after it was started.ResultsWe present a model of service that has proved successful to date. We give details from the audit of the service, its aims, funding, referral numbers, sources, types and criteria.Clinical ImplicationsThe audit suggests that the aims of the service are being achieved but given the fact that the numbers of new referrals significantly outweigh the discharge rate, it is concluded that a greater emphasis is placed on liaison, consultation and joint working with other agencies.

Highlights

  • In 1997 the provision of mental health services for children with learning disabilities was identified as an unmet need with respect to the Children's Charter (Department of Health, 1996)

  • (c) that the management of the new childhood learning disability mental health service should be placed within the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Directorate in the York NHS Trust

  • The advantage of placing this service within an existing multi-disciplinary CAMHS is that children with learning disabilities have access to other Tier 3 teams including family therapy, an attentional problems team, an eating disorders team, a groups team and other expertise

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AIMS AND METHOD

We discuss the development of a service for children with learning disabilities within a child and adolescent mental health team using the Health Advisory ServiceTogether We Stand tier system. The paper includes an audit of the service 8 months after it was started

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