{"id":3890,"date":"2022-05-03T11:47:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T10:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/earlyyears\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T12:21:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:21:29","slug":"earlyyears","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/childandadolescentmentalhealthcamh\/earlyyears\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\nEarly Years<\/title>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#eed202\" class=\"has-inline-color has-alert-red-color\">Please Note – This page is in the process of being reviewed<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Problem<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Early Years : Significant emotional or behavioural difficulties  0 \u2013 5 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Description <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>With this age group it is unusual for CAMHS to directly intervene.<br> Problems within this age range can take many forms :<br>\u2022  Parent\/child relationship<br>\u2022  Factors affecting capacity to parent<br>\u2022  Developmental concerns or illness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LC & CM 8-1-21<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs\" data-active-tab=\"0\"><ul class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-links\"><\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Referral Guidelines<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<p>\u200bRefer to health visitor or to Paediatrician in first instance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phone consultation or pre-referral enquiry. <\/strong>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore referrals should include information on what has been attempted and who is involved.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Primary Care Management<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Local parenting groups (0-16)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Includes PEEP, Incredible Years, Triple P and Raiing Children with Confidence as well as Teen Triple P and Raising Teens with Confidence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.parentingacrossscotland.org\/info-for-families\/resources\/free-parenting-classes-and-courses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.parentingacrossscotland.org\/info-for-families\/resources\/free-parenting-classes-and-courses\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joininedinburgh.org\/parenting-programmes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.joininedinburgh.org\/parenting-programmes\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburgh.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.edinburgh.gov.uk<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westlothian.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.westlothian.gov.uk\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastlothian.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.eastlothian.gov.uk\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.midlothian.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.midlothian.gov.uk\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Locality based online mental health information\/resources<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ithriveedinburgh.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/ithriveedinburgh.org.uk\/<\/a>  (Edinburgh)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/midspace.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/midspace.co.uk\/<\/a>  (Midlothian)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eastspace.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/eastspace.org.uk\/<\/a>  (East Lothian)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westspace.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.westspace.org.uk\/<\/a>  (West Lothian)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.firststepmusselburgh.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.firststepmusselburgh.co.uk<\/a>  (Whitecraig and Wallyford)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>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 <a href=\"mailto:cypt@westlothian.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cypt@westlothian.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Resources and Links<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u200b<a href=\"\/files\/sites\/2\/CAMHS-Resource-Websites-for-Children-and-Adolescent-with-MH-difficulties-May-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CAMHS Resource-Websites for Children and Adolescent with MH difficulties May 2019.pdf<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The above is a PDF document listing resources and contacts that can be printed off<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Healthy reading scheme<\/strong>: self-help parenting books available in some Lothian libraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>General websites<\/strong><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.incredibleyears.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.incredibleyears.com<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.triplep.net\/glo-en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.triplep.net\/glo-en\/home\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parenting Across Scotland<\/strong><br>Info for all parents. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parentingacrossscotland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.parentingacrossscotland.org<\/a><br> <br><strong>Parentline Scotland; <\/strong>Helpline providing support and information Tel: 0800 028 2233<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Useful websites for parents:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boxofideas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/handsonscotland.co.uk\/<br><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boxofideas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.BoxOfIdeas.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Yard: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theyardscotland.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.theyardscotland.org.uk<\/a> adventure playground in Edinburgh but open to all of the Lothian<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early Years Please Note – This page is in the process of being reviewed 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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3788,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[382],"class_list":["post-3890","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-earlyyears"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"NHS Lothian","author_link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/author\/nhs-lothian\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":" <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/category\/mentalhealthcamhs\/earlyyears\/\" rel=\"tag\">Early Years<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Early Years Please Note – This page is in the process of being reviewed 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","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3890"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26006,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3890\/revisions\/26006"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}