Child Development Unit

What is the Child Development Unit?

The Child Development Unit provides a comprehensive assessment and referral service for under school age children (0 - 5 years) who are suspected of having delays in one or more areas of their development.

As a team, the unit works from a family centred approach, which means parents will be involved in the assessment and decision making process.

What do we do?

Children's skills are observed and assessments are conducted and coordinated by the relevant professionals. The areas that we would be looking at are:

  • Fine and gross motor abilities
  • Coordination
  • Perceptual development
  • Speech and language skills
  • Learning and cognitive ability
  • Emotional and behavioural adjustment