Physiotherapy (ICAN)
We support children with long term neurological or developmental conditions.
About the physiotherapy (ICAN) service
We work with children and young people aged 0 to 19 who have difficulties or a disability which impacts upon their movement and makes their daily participation in activities difficult. The children we support have a long term neurological or developmental condition.
We provide support for children and their families to participate in everyday activities, provide specialist assessments and analysis of movement difficulties, and look at how to reduce possible future complications.
We also provide specialist treatment based on current evidence. This can include:
- Specialist advice, information and training that can help physical skills be developed throughout everyday home and education setting routines by parents, carers and education staff.
- Individual exercise or positioning programmes.
- Specialist equipment and orthotics.
- Specialist interventions, for example, hydrotherapy or rebound therapy.
We also provide specialist advice, information and training to children and young people, parents and carers, education staff and other healthcare professionals.
Who’s it for?
We work with children and young people aged 0-19 who have difficulties or a disability arising from a long term neurological or developmental condition, which impacts upon their movement and makes their daily participation in activities difficult.
Referral information
Please view the ICAN referrals page.
Attending your appointment
Patient self-help information
Information to support patients including our service one minute guides on wheelchair skills for both powered and manual wheelchairs.
- Introduction to developing your child’s movement skills
- Developing your child’s movement skills: Lying on their back
- Developing your child’s movement skills: Lying on their tummy
- Developing your child’s movement skills: Sitting
- Developing your child’s movement skills: Crawling
- Developing your child’s movement skills: Pulling to stand
- Developing your child’s movement skills: Standing and walking
- Developing your child’s movement skills: Post walking skills
- Developing your child’s movement skills: Equipment
- Children’s community physiotherapy patient information guide
- Children’s orthotics
- Children’s standing frames
- Children’s walking aids
- How to help a child with movement difficulties
- Wheelchair skills: Parents guide
- Developing independent wheelchair skills: Powered wheelchair
- Developing independent wheelchair skills: Manual wheelchair
