Welcome to Salford’s neurodevelopmental webpages. We hope you find these pages helpful. They aim to provide advice, guidance and support for children and young people with neurodevelopmental needs.
Important updates
September 2026
January 2026
NHS Greater Manchester Sleep Questionnaire
NHS Greater Manchester alongside Salford Locality are developing a sleep support offer for families who are experiencing sleep difficulties related to neurodevelopmental needs. Your feedback will help us understand what support families need and help us shape our sleep offer to best meet those needs.
Neurodiversity Network drop in sessions 2026/27
The Neurodiversity Network provides a space for parents and carers to talk to services, meet other families, learn strategies, and ask questions related to their child's neurodevelopmental needs.
Neurodiversity Network Event
Neurodiversity Network Event, Monday 12 October, drop-in between 9.30am and 11.30am, Swinton Family Hub, Swinton Gateway, 100 Chorley Road, M27 6BP
NHS Greater Manchester Sleep Questionnaire
NHS Greater Manchester alongside Salford Locality are developing a sleep support offer for families who are experiencing sleep difficulties related to neurodevelopmental needs. Your feedback will help us understand what support families need and help us shape our sleep offer to best meet those needs.
Salford’s Local Offer pages also provide information on what support services are available in Salford for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities and their parents/carers. Access the Local Offer pages.
The pages include information on:
Neurodevelopment – This provides information on what neurodevelopment is, what we may notice when a child or young person has some neurodevelopmental needs and the impact of these day to day.
Salford’s Neurodevelopmental Support Offer – This includes how to get help. The information on these pages covers a range of areas including sleep, behaviour, language and communication, mental health and wellbeing, learning and sensory skills. It also has information on services you can access to support these areas as well as the links to the online referral form for a neurodevelopmental assessment.
Salford’s Neurodevelopmental Assessment Pathway – This provides guidance on how to make a request for a neurodevelopmental assessment, the criteria to follow and the assessment process where requests are accepted. You can also view an example request form so you are aware of the information that is required. Please look at this section before a request is made to the Neurodevelopmental Assessment Pathway.
Adults with neurodevelopmental needs – This section signposts adults and our parents / carers if they have questions on their own neurodevelopmental needs.
We hope you find this information useful. Over the coming weeks we will be adding to these pages including our introductory workshop dates and courses as we develop our support offer. Please keep using the pages so you are aware of what is on offer.
Please be aware that some of the content does talk about specific neurodevelopmental diagnoses such as Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and Developmental Language Disorder. The tips, advice and strategies are useful for children and young regardless of whether they have a diagnosis or not where there is a neurodevelopmental need.
How to contact us
If you have a query that these web pages does not address, please email neurodiversity admin on AdminNeuroDevelopment@salford.gov.uk
We hope you find the information useful. Please use the resources and access the support that is available. Professionals across Salford provide this support to parents/carers to help your child. We want to ensure that it is utilised so that we can continue to expand the offer of support for children and their families.