Education
- Devon Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) – What is SEND?
- Devon Information and Advice Service (DIAS)
- Devon Education Services – sensory and physical
Hearing and communication
- Speech and Language Therapy
- CHIME – Social Enterprise Audiology Services East and Mid Devon Read more about the hearing services delivered to east and mid Devon here.
- The Hearing Service in Torbay and South Devon provides audiology clinics at Torbay and Newton Abbot hospitals for hearing assessments appointments and children’s hearing aid clinics. Older children and young people can have assessments at Teignmouth and Totnes hospitals. Full details can be found here.
- The Paediatric Audiology Service North Devon provides audiological assessment and treatment for children from new born to adulthood. The team works in close conjunction with Teachers of the Deaf, Paediatricians, Social Services and ENT consultants. GPs, Paediatricians, Speech and Language Therapists, Health visitors, school nurses and other professionals can make referrals. Further information can be found here
- Cochlear implants provide a sensation of hearing to people who have permanent, severe to profound deafness, and cannot hear the full range of speech sounds with standard hearing aids. Information about the West of England Cochlear Implant Programme can be found here.
Social care
- Disabled Children’s Services
- MASH (Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub)
Vision (ophthalmology) eye clinics
- Barnstaple Northern Devon Health Care
- Exeter Royal Devon West of England Eye Unit
- Newton Abbot and Torbay Children’s Eye Clinics
- Plymouth Royal Eye Infirmary
Wellbeing
- CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service)
- Every Mind Matters
- Kooth
- Young Minds
- Young Devon