Children’s Services and Adult
Learning Disability Services
Children’s Services and Adult
The sense of smell is also known as the Olfactory system. It is the most sensitive of our senses and helps us to identify different smells in the atmosphere.
Our sense of smell is strongly linked with our sense of taste and although we are able to smell when born, the ability to distinguish between a pleasant and unpleasant smells is not immediate and our response is learnt.
Our nose has roughly 400 types of scent receptors and can detect millions of different odours! Smells, unlike taste, can be detected from a distance. This gives us advanced warnings about the environment and also plays a very important role in how we recognise and successively communicate with each other.
Smell is closely linked to memory and experience and the subtle connection between a smell and an object or person adds to the memory.
For example, when you smell and you are suddenly taken back to a memory of a place, person or some experience!
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”
