Barnsley specialist children's health

27/11/2025

are really proud of there YouTube channel that they created 5 years ago! They currently have over 1k followers with there highest viewed video having 6.8k views! The team are going to be working on some new videos in 2026 so keep your eyes peeled 👀 Head over to there channel & hit subscribe 🔔 https://youtube.com/?si=p0WiJGAmhLiiwWsY

26/11/2025

Help get to 100 followers before Christmas!

19/11/2025

Congratulations to our Children’s Therapy Manager Clair Greenland on completing her masters degree in ‘advancing professional practice’ - we’re super proud of you! 🪁

19/11/2025

Head over and give us a follow!

now have Instagram! Head over to our page & give us a follow. We will be sharing advice & tips to support families, schools & service users https://www.instagram.com/barnsley_salt/

17/11/2025

Skin-to-skin contact means holding your baby against your skin, usually under your top or a blanket. There are lots of benefits for you and your baby.
These include:
• Helps establish breast feeding
• Helps you bond with your baby
• Build your babies immunity and infections
• Increases parents/carers confidence as a new parent
• Reduces the change of developing postnatal depression
For furhter information on skin-to-skin bliss.org.uk and www.unicef.org.uk

17/11/2025

Today we are celebrating World Premauirty Day.
This aims to highlight the challenges premature babies, and their families may experience.
Speech and Language Therapy can play a cricual role in supporting prematuire babies and their parents to help meet their developmental potencial. This support may include identiying babies at risk of feeing difficulties and those that may have communication needs.
There’s lots of information here: World Prematurity Day – Awareness for Preterm Birth - www.gfcni.org and bliss.org.uk

06/11/2025

now have Instagram! Head over to our page & give us a follow. We will be sharing advice & tips to support families, schools & service users https://www.instagram.com/barnsley_salt/

03/11/2025

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03/11/2025

New webpage launched to help families while they wait for their child's Autism assessment

As part of the Barnsley All-Age Autism Strategy 2025–2030, a new webpage has been launched to help families access local support that's available while they wait for their child’s Autism assessment.

Developed collaboratively by Barnsley Family Hubs, our Local Offer Lived Experience Steering Group, NHS South Yorkshire and Barnsley Council, this resource reflects our shared commitment to improving access to timely, meaningful support for families across the borough.

The page brings together information on different services and support that are available locally, all signposted through the Barnsley Local Offer, making it easier for families to find help when they need it most.

This initiative is one of the first practical outputs of the borough’s new All-Age Autism Strategy, which aims to create a more inclusive Barnsley where people of all ages with Autism can live healthy, safe and fulfilling lives.

Explore our new webpage, exploring support services while waiting, on the Barnsley Local Offer website:

31/10/2025

Happy Halloween! 🎃👻🕸
Here are some ideas to enhance your child’s fine motor skills through sensory play during Halloween! ’sTherapy

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30/10/2025

Sensory Month 🪁

Vestibular/Movement
Vestibular sense helps us keeps our balance and know if we are moving, spinning, or standing still. It helps us walk without falling, ride a bike 🚲 , swing , or dance 💃 without getting too dizzy.

Scan the QR code to access our website for further support.


https://buff.ly/DNGIIxq

29/10/2025

Sensory Month 🪁

Body Awareness / Proprioception
Body awareness helps us know where out body parts are and how they're moving, even if our eyes are closed. It helps us walk without looking at our feet 👣 , catch a ball 🏐 , or just give just the right squeeze for a hug 🤗 .

Check out the QR code to access more information on our website.

https://buff.ly/DNGIIxq