Welcome to the Integrated Children with Additional Needs service (ICAN)

The ICAN service provides child and family-centred, services to children and their families in Leeds. We offer assessment, intervention and support for families of children with hearing problems, diagnosed or emerging neuro-disability, developmental delay or growth and nutritional concerns of preschool children. We do this by working with children and families to find out what goals they most want to achieve. We help to identify any underlying problems and give children and families the information they need to make choices about their care.

Our multi-disciplinary team of professionals including audiologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, nurses, health visitors, doctors, healthcare support workers and administrators. The teams also have input from psychologists, speech and language therapists and dietitians. We also have university students on learning placement with us as a part of their professional qualifications in these fields of practice.

ICAN Referrals

How can you be referred to our services?

We have created a single point of access for ICAN services, to make the referral process safer, more efficient and easier to use. How to refer and our acceptance criteria are on the ICAN referrals form

Most children and young people are referred by their GPs. Some will be referred by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, by their 0 to 19 practitioner (health visitor or school nurse), or speech and language therapist. Some school SENCO’s may also be able to support you with a referral to some of our services.

Need help accessing an appointment?

Visit the help to access and attend your appointment webpage