Children’s Services and Adult
Learning Disability Services
Children’s Services and Adult
A Calm-Alert state is the window of optimal arousal when we are ready to learn.
Poor modulation of sensory information due to sensory processing difficulties is linked to self-regulation. Helping children become better regulated enables them to adapt better to the environmental demands, be more tolerant and flexible, be willing to engage, process and learn, have better attention, focus and behavioural regulation, and engage with more purpose.
Recent research has identified that one of the keys to student success is self-regulation. Self-regulation is the ability to monitor and modify emotions, to focus or shift attention, to control impulses, to tolerate frustration or delay gratification.
We all have a ‘tool kit’ of strategies that help us to achieve a calm-alert state in order to learn. Self-regulation does not fully develop until into adult hood and children are reliant on adult care givers to provide co-regulation
The most common signs that someone or something in the environment is too demanding is either hyperactivity or distractibility; hostility, aggression, withdrawal or emotional liability are common behaviours.
Prevention is better than a cure, so being observant to the ‘warning signs’ is imperative to prevent melt-downs and achieve self-regulation. Proactively offer calming sensory strategies to help a child cope.
This service provides post-diagnostic support and on-going management for children and young people with ADHD and their families.
Our Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service supports children and young people aged up to 18 years, who are experiencing significant emotional or mental health difficulties.
The team completes Autism and ADHD assessments for children and young people who are below the age of 18 and have a GP in Hull or the East Riding of Yorkshire.
The Front Door Team is where referrals for Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity (ADHD) are sent and reviewed.
“Our Senses are the gateway to our world”
