Problem
Early Years : Significant emotional or behavioural difficulties 0 – 5 years
Description
With this age group it is unusual for CAMHS to directly intervene.
Problems within this age range can take many forms :
• Parent/child relationship
• Factors affecting capacity to parent
• Developmental concerns or illness
Refer to health visitor or to Paediatrician in first instance.
Phone consultation or pre-referral enquiry. CAMHS involvement with this age range should be secondary not primary. Consequently, families with young children with development and/or behavioural problems should have already received significant advice and intervention from other named professionals such as paediatricians, health visitors, social workers and educational support services including within Nursery.
Therefore referrals should include information on what has been attempted and who is involved.
Local parenting groups (0-16)
Includes PEEP, Incredible Years, Triple P and Raiing Children with Confidence as well as Teen Triple P and Raising Teens with Confidence
- http://www.parentingacrossscotland.org/info-for-families/resources/free-parenting-classes-and-courses/
- www.joininedinburgh.org/parenting-programmes/
- https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk
- https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/
- https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/
- https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/
Locality based online mental health information/resources
- https://ithriveedinburgh.org.uk/ (Edinburgh)
- http://midspace.co.uk/ (Midlothian)
- http://eastspace.org.uk/ (East Lothian)
- http://www.westspace.org.uk/ (West Lothian)
- www.firststepmusselburgh.co.uk (Whitecraig and Wallyford)
West Lothian CAMHS offers Early Years Consultation. Please contact Early Years Links to discuss further. Early Years support also available via sure start, POPP and incredible years. Please contact the Children and Young Peoples team on Tel. 01506 282948 or email cypt@westlothian.gov.uk
CAMHS Resource-Websites for Children and Adolescent with MH difficulties May 2019.pdf
The above is a PDF document listing resources and contacts that can be printed off
Healthy reading scheme: self-help parenting books available in some Lothian libraries.
General websites
www.incredibleyears.com
www.triplep.net/glo-en/home/
Parenting Across Scotland
Info for all parents. www.parentingacrossscotland.org
Parentline Scotland; Helpline providing support and information Tel: 0800 028 2233
Useful websites for parents:
The Yard: www.theyardscotland.org.uk adventure playground in Edinburgh but open to all of the Lothian
