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SOCIAL COMMUNICATION PATHWAY (SCP)
PARENT INFORMATION TO REQUEST ASSESSMENT
Please return this form to the Carol Kendrick Centre, Stratus House,
Southmoor Rd, Wythenshawe, Manchester M23 9XD
The Social Communication Pathway is primarily for children with significant
social communication needs, particularly those who might have autism.
Children can have Social Communication difficulties for different reasons. For
example, children might struggle with social communication if they have a
learning disability or a language disorder, have experienced some trauma or fit
criteria for a diagnosis such as ADHD or Developmental Co-ordination Disorder,
This form helps us decide whether your child’s social communication
difficulties might need an autism assessment.
The Social Communication Pathway is a virtual team made up of practitioners
from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services; Speech and Language
Therapy; Occupational Therapy; Community Paediatrics and Community Child
Health and Educational Psychology.
By filling in this form, you are helping this team decide if the Social
Communication Pathway is the right pathway for your child. Try to fill in all
sections of this form and give examples wherever possible. The information
you provide is really helpful to us.
If you need any help with filling in this form, please ask someone who knows
your child well to help you to complete it. (E.g. your health visitor, teacher)
Once your form and the one from school are received, the Social
Communication Pathway team will consider all the information and let you
know if they think the pathway is the right assessment for your child, or if
something else is required (e.g. their learning needs or their language need
more assessment first)
