Local health SEND support services

Browse local health support services, community groups, resources and family support across Torbay.

Adults speech and language therapy service

The service is provided to adults who have a wide range of communication disorders, as follows: Adult’s Speech and Language Therapy – Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust Wellbeing | Young Devon Self Help Techniques and Advice for Managing…
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The service is provided to adults who have a wide range of communication disorders, as follows:

Speech and language disorders secondary to stroke, head injury, or progressive neurological disease, and carcinoma of head and neck.

Voice disorders including laryngectomy.

Disorders of fluency.

Communication disorder secondary to severe learning disabilities.

Disorders of chewing and swallowing resulting from stroke, head injury, progressive neurological disease and carcinoma of the head and neck and learning difficulties.

Adult’s Speech and Language Therapy – Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Wellbeing | Young Devon

Self Help Techniques and Advice for Managing Anxiety YOUNG DEVON
Last updated:

August 4, 2025
Bowel and Bladder service – children

We are a team of specialist children’s nurses and specialist nursery nurses who provide assessment, treatment, support and advice for children and young people with bladder and/or bowel difficulties. We are based in Exeter and provide community-based clinics in Devon and Torbay.…
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We are a team of specialist children’s nurses and specialist nursery nurses who provide assessment, treatment, support and advice for children and young people with bladder and/or bowel difficulties.

We are based in Exeter and provide community-based clinics in Devon and Torbay.

We specialise in the treatment of:

Day and night time wetting

Constipation and soiling

Delayed toilet training for children with additional needs

We provide continence promotion, and healthy bladder and bowel advice for children with additional needs. We see and assess children who are eligible for continence products because of a learning or physical disability.

We also advise parents, pre-schools and schools about specialist treatments, such as intermittent catheterisation and anal irrigation to help manage their children’s bladder and bowel.

Referrals can be made through your GP, Health Visitor, School Nurse or a Social Worker.

Telephone: 01392 208044

Website: NHS Royal Devon | Bowel and Bladder service – children
Last updated:

January 9, 2025
Children & Family Health Devon

Children & Family Health Devon provide health services for children, young people and families across Devon. Our hope is that our services help children and young people to feel healthy, happy and safe. The services they offer are:
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Children & Family Health Devon provide health services for children, young people and families across Devon. Our hope is that our services help children and young people to feel healthy, happy and safe.

The services they offer are:

Requesting help from CFHD – Children and Family Health Devon

Neurodiversity – Children and Family Health Devon

Mental Health – Children and Family Health Devon

Children in Care Service

Community Children’s Nursing Service

Learning Disability Team

Occupational Therapy – Children and Family Health Devon

Complex physical health – Children and Family Health Devon – including palliative care

Specialist Children’s Assessment Centre s (SCAC)

Speech, language and communication – Children and Family Health Devon

Early child development – Children and Family Health Devon

Physical and sensory – Children and Family Health Devon

Need urgent help? – Children and Family Health Devon
Last updated:

April 17, 2026
Children & Family Health Devon – Children’s Learning Disability

The service we offer includes behavioural, sleep and assessments to support continence and skills for independence with children and young people who have profound and severe levels of learning disability; working with children who have profound and severe levels of…

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The service we offer includes behavioural, sleep and assessments to support continence and skills for independence with children and young people who have profound and severe levels of learning disability; working with children who have profound and severe levels of learning disability (including children with additional diagnosis such as Autism, Down Syndrome etc.) and supporting the development of community and school-based programmes of support. As such, we offer support both directly to children and young people with learning disabilities and indirectly in order to facilitate access to mainstream services.

Specialist Learning Disability – Children and Family Health Devon

Last updated:

April 15, 2026
Children’s Physiotherapy Support Videos – Balance

Exercises to help improve your balance

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Exercises to help improve your balance

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August 21, 2023
Children’s Physiotherapy Support Videos – Ball exercises

Using the exercise ball to improve your core stability Advanced ball exercises to improve your core stability More ball exercises to improve your core stability

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Using the exercise ball to improve your core stability

Advanced ball exercises to improve your core stability

More ball exercises to improve your core stability

Last updated:

August 21, 2023
Children’s Physiotherapy Support Videos – Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Managing activity levels in chronic fatigue syndrome

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Managing activity levels in chronic fatigue syndrome

Last updated:

August 21, 2023
Children’s Physiotherapy Support Videos – Core stability exercises

4 – point kneel exercises to improve your core stability

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4 – point kneel exercises to improve your core stability

Last updated:

August 21, 2023
Children’s Physiotherapy Support Videos – Postural management

What is postural management and why is it important? Supportive seating as part of a child’s 24 hour postural management programme Supportive standing as part of a 24 hour postural management programme Sleep systems as part of a postural management…

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What is postural management and why is it important?

Supportive seating as part of a child’s 24 hour postural management programme

Supportive standing as part of a 24 hour postural management programme

Sleep systems as part of a postural management programme

Last updated:

August 21, 2023
Children’s Physiotherapy Support Videos – Simple leg stretches

Simple stretches for your child’s legs

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Simple stretches for your child’s legs

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August 21, 2023