The intensive therapeutic and short break service (ITSBS) is based within Ealing Service for children with additional needs.
It aims to enable young people with a learning disability and challenging behaviours, who are at risk of a move to a residential placement, to remain within their family and community settings instead.
It is a collaborative initiative between clinical psychology, social care and short breaks services for children with disabilities. The ITSBS aims to achieve this by offering an individually tailored package of additional short breaks and intensive clinical psychology intervention with the young person, family and frontline workers.
This service is appropriate for your child if:
- aged 5-17 years and has been diagnosed with a learning disability or autism.
- at risk of their family placement breaking down in the near future.
- displaying severe behaviour changes proving to be challenging ie physical aggression.
- assigned to a social worker.
- not currently subjected to a child protection plan or has safeguarding investigations pending.
- not demonstrating acute mental health difficulties requiring intensive psychiatric input ie inpatient care.
