Therapies hub

Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy are provided by integrated teams in the following areas:

• The East Cheshire NHS Trust which provides services to Congleton, Handforth, Holmes Chapel, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Poynton, Wilmslow.
• The Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP) which provides services to Alsager, Audlem, Bunbury, Crewe, Nantwich, Sandbach.

The Speech and Language Therapy (SALT) services

We work with children and young people with a range of speech, language, communication difficulties and/or dysphagia (swallowing) so that they are able to better participate in daily life.

East Cheshire NHS Trust Service

01625 661875

Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership Speech and Language Therapy Service

01270 826312

Paediatric Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy services

We provide targeted specialist intervention for children and young people from birth to 16 years of age (up to 19 years for those with severe neurodevelopmental needs).

East Cheshire NHS Trust Service Paediatric Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy services

01625 661881

Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership Service

01270 826311

Sensory Occupational Therapy

What sensory processing is

We use our eight senses; proprioception, interoception, tactile, vestibular, auditory, vision, smell and taste, in order to explore and make sense of our experiences and the world around us.

Information from our senses is received by our brain, which filters out all that is unnecessary and formulates a response to the information it receives.

Children and young people with sensory processing needs may have a difference in the way their brain receives and makes sense of the information that it gets from their senses. Some receive too much information from sensory experiences, whilst others will not receive enough. They will have the same experiences as their peer group, but perceive them quite differently.

Research suggests that up to 85% of children with neurodevelopmental disorders will have sensory processing difficulties. (Sensational kids, Lucy Jane Miller 2006).

What Sensory Occupational Therapy is

In Cheshire East we use the acronym SPOTSS to describe our Sensory Occupational Therapy offer. SPOTSS aims to deliver a tiered service to support Autistic children or those with Autistic features, who have sensory processing needs within their settings.