Many children go through phases where they're restless or inattentive. This is often completely normal and does not necessarily mean they have ADHD. But you should consider raising your concerns with your child's teacher, their school's special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCo)if you think their behaviour may be different from most children their age.

Our Mindworks Surrey community teams work across Surrey and are made up of health and social care professionals. These multi-disciplinary teams promote good mental health and provide assessment and treatment to children and young people up to the age of 18 with a mental health condition.

Initial home visit assessment to all cases introduced to us from the Solace Centre and signposting to other services We offer support and advice to key people (teacher and or parent/ carer) around the child or young person to enable them to identify any concerns, understand what has happened for that child or young person and support any developing mental health needs. An alliance service, delivered through the combined skills and experience of a range of NHS and voluntary sector specialist organisations Every mental health treatment programme is as unique as you are; our exceptional level of experience enables us to identify the best therapy or combination of treatments to help you. STARS is a service for children, young people and their families who have been affected by sexual abuse.

I am concerned that I need a diagnosis to support an application for an EHCP (Education Health and Care Plan), will this change affect my application? We are asking for an Assessment of Need form to be completed by parents and school rather than a GP as they will know that young person’s needs the most on a daily basis. We want our children, young people and their families to thrive. This is our aim. So our alliance of partners is working together to advise, help and support this.We know that life experiences can look like neurodivergent needs including sleep, diet, life trauma, time away from peers during covid etc. We therefore ask that attempts are made to support these areas of need in the first instance in liaison with your school nurse, SENCO or primary mental health worker linked with the school. Children and young people do not require a diagnosis to receive support at school. If a child or young person has a need in school, they are entitled to receive support to meet that need. For an extensive list of local and national support through the festive holidays please visit Surrey Youth Voice. Most people with ADHD have problems that fall into both these categories, but this is not always the case. The STARS team can work with children and young people on a 1:1 basis as well as in a group. Individual therapy for children and young people