Brainwave is a national charity providing specialist therapy assessments and teaching for parents and carers of children with disabilities and additional needs. We support families across the UK from our National Therapy Assessment Centre and Outreach Hubs.
Our therapists provide specialist advice and when appropriate design and teach bespoke therapy programmes for parents and carers to carry out regularly at home or at school.
We first see children before the age of 12. At each assessment, a minimum of two therapists are selected from our skilled team of Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Sensory Trained Practitioners and Learning and Development Specialists work together over a full day. When suitable children return every six months for a follow up review.
Our aim is for all children to achieve their maximum potential by helping to improve their mobility, communication skills and learning potential.
What makes us unique:
- Time – We have a whole day to listen to the goals of each family, carry out the appropriate assessments and provide the therapy advice and support needed.
- Empowering – We teach children’s families and carers how to deliver therapy input to their child at home or at school.
- Specialists – Our experienced therapy team specialise in working with children with a variety of conditions and use our knowledge to help children reach their potential.
- Resources, Video and Equipment – When suitable we provide advice sheets, therapy programmes, video footage of exercise as well as some of the equipment needed to carry out activities.
- Report – We can also provide an in-depth therapy report that can be sent to medical and educational professionals working with the child as we believe that working together maximises children’s outcomes and quality of care.
- Facilities – We have specialist facilities at our National Assessment Centre in Somerset including therapy rooms, sensory room, swings room and a hydrotherapy pool.
Brainwave is a charity that exists to help children with disabilities and additional needs to achieve greater independence by aiming to improve mobility, communication skills and learning potential through a range of specialist therapies.
How do I access Brainwave support?
Parents and guardians can self-refer their child to our service using our online enquiry form – no referral from a professional or diagnosis is required. Every enquiry is carefully reviewed by our therapy team, and if we believe we can help, we will get in touch to arrange an assessment appointment.
We are committed to making support accessible and ensuring that every family gets the support they need. Start the process today by completing our enquiry form.