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About Honeylands

Honeylands Children's Centre is part of the specialist service for children provided by the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS trust. They provide assessment and treatment services for children referred because of developmental difficulties.

Having a child with developmental difficulties is a source of great concern to parents. Honeylands aim to offer parents and family as much support as they can and the child the help that is needed.

Honeylands have three therapy groups:

• The Honeybees is for children unders 2 years of age.
• The Beehive is for children between 2 and 3 years of age.
• The Honeypot is for children between the ages of 3 and 5 and will be looking towards children attending school.

Honeylands offers repsite for short-term breaks with an emphasis on children with additional healthcare needs. These can be overnight stays or weekend breaks, usually on a planned basis. Holiday breaks for parents and longer periods are also available as is a limited amount of respite care. There is 24-hour qualified nursing care.

The Multidisciplinary Team:

• Centre Manager: responsible for the smooth running of the service and a variety of support staff, including secretarial and reception staff, housekeepers and volunteers.
• Clinical Psychologist: for developmental assessment and guidance.
• Educational Psychologist: for advice over school planning.
• Nursery Nurse: to assist children's development through play.
• Nursery Teacher: to set learning objectives for each child.
• Nursing staff: led by a Clinical Nurse Manager, providing the nursing care to children, both in groups and in respite care and liaison with community nurses and health visitors.
• Occupational Therapist: to assess and treat hand function and advise on special equipment.
• Orthoptists: to assess vision.
• Paediatricians: specialist children's doctors from the hospital and community contribute to assessment, diagnosis and treatment led by a Consultant Paediatrician.
• Physiotherapists: to assess and treat movement difficulty.
• Social Worker: offers support, information and counselling for new families attending Honeylands. Advises on social benefits.
• Speech and Language Therapists: to assess and advise on communication, language and feeding problems.