Child and adolescent intellectual disabilities

Located in Rotherham, Doncaster and North Lincolnshire.

How we can help

The intellectual disabilities service is a specialist pathway of the child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS).

The service assesses and treats children and young people aged 0 to 18 who have a significant intellectual disability and additional complex behavioural or mental health needs.

The service provides support with:

challenging behaviour
emotional difficulties
mental health problems

The service offers a range of interventions including:

assessment of skills, strengths and specific difficulties
psychiatric assessment and medication
functional behaviour assessments
positive behaviour support framework
behaviour management advice and interventions
counselling for young people and parents
psycho-education
adapted cognitive behavioural therapy
training in intellectual disabilities and mental health or developmental problems
group work
family work
support in conjunction with neuro-developmental pathways such as autistic spectrum condition (ASC) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
emotional regulation

Non-urgent advice: How to get help

We accept referrals to the service from children and young people who are:

between the ages of 5 and 18
have a significant intellectual disability
display severe challenging behaviour or mental health problems that require the input of a specialist provision
a resident or registered with a GP in the area of the service

Complete a self-referral form