Getting help with ADHD
First steps for getting help
Living with ADHD affects every individual differently. Whether you have a diagnosis or care for someone who does, there will be challenges as families learn to adjust to living with ADHD.
Some children, young people and their families may find the links below helpful in understanding ADHD and how to manage the challenges it can bring within family life.
Local resources
Sign up for the Family Links Managing Challenging Behaviour programme by contacting the Butterflies Centre on 01793 722984.
If you are looking for a diagnosis of ADHD then this can be accessed through the neurodevelopmental pathway. Please see this information for parents on the assessment and diagnosis process for neurodevelopmental conditions (PDF) and details of the service offered by the community paediatricians at Great Western Hospital.
- Core standards
- School nursing
- Be U Swindon - children and young people mental health service: First steps for getting help
Next steps for getting help
Children, young people and families that are experiencing chronic or severe difficulties that would benefit from extensive long-term evidence-based treatment, including outpatient and inpatient care.
Children, young people and families that haven’t benefited from short term interventions or have been ‘getting help’ but their difficulties have got worse.
- Be U Swindon - Children and Young People Mental Health Service: First steps for getting help
- Swindon CAMHS
- Community paediatricians
