For professionals
We believe that sharing of knowledge and skills is essential for the benefit of the child. Communication and collaboration is our priority and we make sure that those who are involved in the care of each child are invited into the therapy sessions so that everyone knows how best to help the child whether at home or at school.
How we can work together
Cerebral Palsy Cymru aims to work with and support our community colleagues. In turn, we are very grateful for the huge amount of support we receive from community teams. Together we can achieve more for children and families. Here are just some of the ways we can work together.
- We invite each child’s community therapists to join our sessions in the centre.
- In many of our sessions in the community, we work together, with children and families, sharing clinical reasoning, problem-solving, and suggesting therapy ideas.
- We provide training and education courses for therapists.
Our early intervention service and how to make a referral
You can contact us directly to refer a child to our early intervention service, Better Start, Better Future. This service is for babies, with or without a diagnosis of cerebral palsy, from birth up until the age of 2, however, to access this service a referral needs to be made. To find out more about our early intervention service 'Better Start, Better Future and how to make a referral, click the button below.
Find out moreOther events
October 2026 - Ei SMART Infant course
Early Intervention and Assessment for Infants and young children at high risk of neurodevelopmental problems – a practical and evidence-based approach.
October 2026 - Practical Application of Advanced Clinical Reasoning in Cerebral Palsy - A Multidisciplinary Approach (Level 3)
The course occurs IN-PERSON at Cerebral Palsy Cymru. Therapists attending this course must have completed the online short course "A Multidisciplinary Approach to Clinical Analysis, Treatment and Management of children with Cerebral Palsy" (previously Level 2 course).
November 2026 - Treatment and Management of Cerebral Palsy for Therapy Support Practitioners
This two-day course will cover topics from: what is Cerebral Palsy (the most common physical disability in childhood) to how this impacts on a child and family’s ability to participate in a variety of activities. We will discover together how we can listen to children and find ways to make a difference in their lives.
The course will include demonstrations of therapy, discussion about why and how we do some of the activities we do in therapy sessions, with a particular focus on play and making therapy meaningful and fun for children.
If you want to gain deeper understanding about working with children who have cerebral palsy and want to gain ideas on how to make their therapy sessions fun – then this is the course for you!
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Cerebral Palsy Cymru is a registered charity in England and Wales 1010183. A company limited by guarantee. Registered company in England and Wales 02691690. Registered address: Cerebral Palsy Cymru, 1 The Courtyard, 73 Ty Glas Avenue, Llanishen, Cardiff, CF14 5DX.
