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3.1 Dietician
3.2 Occupational therapy
3.3 Toilet training/Free nappies.
3.4 Health – Going private - Dentistry, homeopathy, others...
(For specialist advice on the latest bio-medical understanding of autism, we strongly advise you contact AiA - a parent lead group who follow and help co -ordinate all leading research in this field. You will soon be far better informed than your GP is likely to be! Details in Chapter 7.1)
Jas Singh is the dietician based at the Child Development Centre (CDC) at St Ann's Hospital, St Ann's Road, N15.. Jas also sees children at Moselle and the White Hart Lane Nursery unit. She may be able to advise upon supplements and eating habits for children who restrict their diets, or have faddy eating habits.
St Ann's Tel: 8442 6000
3.2 Occupational therapy (Back to Top)
Many of our children have dyspraxia, poor muscle tone or lack physical co -ordination. The CDC has a very over-subscribed and under-manned occupational therapy service with a long waiting list, but it may be worth trying to be seen here if you have concerns or need advice. Tel: 8442 6000.
3.3 Toilet training/Free nappies.
Your health visitor should be your first port of call re toilet training. However this is no easy area for many autistic children and the NAS produce some good books on the subject filled with ideas that have worked for different families also there is a NAS Factsheet on Toilet Training (click here) available. If your child is over the age of three(this may soon change to four), has an ASD diagnosis, and still needs nappies for day or night-times, (and for the majority will for some years still, at least at nights), you can get them free through your health centre or GP. Generally you are given nappies, but request pull-ups if your child is averse to nappies. Nappies and pull-ups become very expensive in the larger sizes, so for older children especially this can be a sizeable saving. If you meet a problem getting free nappies, call the borough's Incontinence Adviser Rosemary McKnight at Bounds Green Health Clinic, Gordon Road, N11. Tel: 8889 0961.
3.4 Health - Going private - Dentistry, homeopathy, others... (Back to Top)
PRIVATE HEALTH CARE IN HARINGEY FOR SPECIAL NEEDS:
There is a private clinic at 30, Fortis Green, East Finchley, N2 Tel: 8444 3413
offering the following services for children with special needs:
DENTISTRY Malcolm Levenkind
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
SPEECH THERAPY
PAEDIATRIC OPTOMETRY
Homeopathy - Muswell Hill based homeopath with interest in treating autistic children - Terri Browne. Tel: 8883 1053.
(Also for under 5s, there is a also free homeopathic clinic for children 0 - 5 years (Thursday mornings) at the Hornsey Vale Community Centre, Mayfield Rd, N8.)
Developmental paediatrician specialising in autism who sees patients privately: Dr. Paul Gringas, 36 Keyes Rd, NW2 3XA. E-mail: paulg@pobox.com
Auditory Integration Training: for children with sensory difficulties around sound and light, contact:
Pauline Allen at The Sound Learning Centre in Palmers Green. Tel: 020 8882 1060
Ann Mbachu, private practitioner in Islington. Home tel: 020 7263 2656.
Visual perception problems:
For information about Irlen lenses or the Irlen method, including a list of practitioners in the UK see
www.irlenuk.com
Alternatively you might wish to see a website at www.visualdyslexia.com