Find out more about learning disabilities Dive Deeper Starfish Learning Diusability and Adolescent Mental Health Service (Starfish LD CAMHS)
Starfish Learning Disab... For example:
Concerns about mental health, emotional needs and/or
Concerns about distressed behaviour and the impact of this on their everyday life
Starfish does need evidence that the child has a learning disability, and the team will look for this information in different ways
The service does not accept referrals for the following:
Acute medical illness
Primary eating disorders, for example anorexia and bulimia
Acute psychiatric or chronic mental health illness
Emotional and behaviour problems in children; these should first be reviewed by a health visitor, Early Help, or GP, and offered behavioural strategies, or signposting to local groups, including Supporting Smiles
Dyslexia and dyscalculia
Sleep difficulties
