• an Occupational Therapist (OT)
• your child/young person
• families/parents/carers
• Social work team (if they are involved with your child/young person)

Your child/young person's OT can:

• assess your child/young person's ability to carry out activities of daily living. These include examples like self-care, getting around the house, and using the bathroom.
• identify your child/young person's needs
• identify alternative ways of meeting the identified needs, such as changing routines.
• recommend standard or specialist equipment to meet the identified needs
• recommend and support rehousing options
• recommend minor or major adaptations
• recommend and secure funding.

The Children with Disabilities (CwD) social work team can provide support if needed. The OT role is to assess and recommend any/all of the above provision to meet your child/young person's needs.

Please be aware:

• OTs are not project managers for major home adaptations
• OT provision must meet your child/young person's identified need in the most cost effective way.

You should contact your child/young person's OT with any questions at this stage.

For more information see Step 1 - getting an OT assessment.