Targeted Early Development Support (TEDS)
Who are TEDS?
The Targeted Early Development Support (also known as the TEDS) Team is a Specialist Health Visiting Team for children with complex health and development needs living within Portsmouth city. The TEDS team provides targeted, timely and coordinated support to children and their families. Support is available for children with additional needs from birth until they start school. We provide the healthy child program and enhanced person-centred support in line with best evidence.
The team consists of Health Visitors, a Community Health Nurse, School Health Nurse and Community Nursery Nurse.
How to access our service?
TEDS is co-located with wider Health Visiting and School Nursing teams.
Children and families can access the TEDS via a referral process from other Health Visitors.
For individual enquiries, please contact the Health Visitor on 0300 123 6629.
Referral criteria
- Antenatal diagnosis of a complex genetic conditions e.g. Down’s Syndrome, Spinal Bifida etc.
- Babies born with Down’s Syndrome or genetic conditions, Cerebral Palsy and complex developmental needs.
- A child identified as experiencing a moderate to severe developmental delay following assessment by a community paediatrician.
- This includes children discharged from the community paediatrician who have been identified as having a moderate to severe social communication delay and requiring further assessment from the Neurodiversity Team.
What support can TEDS provide?
The TEDS Team work in partnership with families to support and empower them to meet challenges. We provide guidance and support to parents and/or carers as they navigate through the system. Alongside the delivery of universal health visiting contacts families can access further targeted support from the TEDS team which may include:
We offer:
- Contribute to (the health elements of) Education Health Care Plans (EHCP)
- Toilet training support
- Sleep support
- Feeding support
- Emotional regulation and behaviour support.
We may not always be the right service to support your needs, preferences or goals however we work in partnership with other professionals from health, social care and education to ensure that care is individualised, targeted and provided in a timely coordinated manner. We provide information about services available both locally and nationally.
