Children & Young People’s Behavioural and Emotional Health Team (BEH Team)

Training and support for universal services; support for children and young people with behavioural, emotional or mental health needs through pre-assessment work before a specialist clinical assessment, determining where further assessment is required, signposting to or providing information about other suitable services and delivering one-to-one work. A range of parenting programmes is also available.

Minimum and maximum age of service users

No minimum age, Maximum age 24 years

Method of delivery

Face to face (in a group)
Face to face (individual)
Telephone

Who is the service for?

Direct support using evidence-based strategies that are recommended by NICE (including cognitive behavioural therapy) is available for children over the age of 12 diagnosed with ADHD or ASD. All services are available for children and young people with a wide range of behavioural, emotional or mental health needs including ASD, ADHD, behavioural difficulties and sleep difficulties. A range of programmes is also available for their parents.

Other Essential Information

This service is for all children and young people aged up to 18, and for young people aged 18-24 with an education and health care plan.

Note that individual face-to-face support is only available for children aged 11 and above; telephone support consists of advice only (not therapy).

Parenting support programmes available include:

• Cygnet – a 6 week programme for parents/carers of a child with a confirmed diagnosis of ASD/ASC (autism), aged between 5-18 Years
• The New Forest programme– a 7 week programme For parents/carers of a child with an ADHD diagnosis or displaying behaviours indicative of ADHD, aged between 3-11 Years
• Parenting Adolescents with ADHD - a 4 week programme For parents/carers of a child with an ADHD diagnosis or displaying behaviours indicative of ADHD, aged between 11 years plus
• Sleep programme – a five-week parenting course for parents of children who have comorbidities of neuro developmental concerns.