Sensory processing differences

York's Healthy Child Service provides information, advice and support for children and parents from birth to 19-years-old. Health visitors will work with pre-school age children and their families to identify advice and strategies to help support emerging developmental differences and needs.

Let's Make Sense Together Resources are free and includes a series of videos to help parents, carers, teachers, and others who support children with sensory processing differences. You’ll also find helpful advice sheets and links to other support and information. The information has been created by local therapists at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospital.

All schools have a named Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCo) who will be able to offer advice and guidance to meet all children's needs. The offer of support from schools and settings is described on our ordinarily available provision page.

Early Help is all about providing the right support to children and families at the earliest possible time. Find out more about the social care Early Help offer on the Safer Children Website.

York Inspirational Kids All About Autism offers support to families and social groups for children and young people both after school and in school holidays. Your child doesn’t need an autism diagnosis to access this support.

SENDIASS supports children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), and their parents and carers, providing free, impartial and confidential service to help with concerns or questions around education, health, social care, inclusion and preparing for adulthood.

Parent Carer Forum at the SEND Hub signposts families with children and young people with SEND and provides peer support.