NICE's Milestone Club provides free specialist sessions for children with neurological movement disorders aged 0-3 years and their parents. We help the children improve their physical ability, whilst providing their parents techniques to aid their child's development and interact with other parents.
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The Milestone Club is for children who are displaying a delay in meeting their milestones of child development. All of them have been affected by a neurological impairment which has led to a global developmental delay. For some there may already be a diagnosis e.g. cerebral palsy, but for others there may not yet be a formal diagnosis. As movement disorders are difficult to diagnose and support is hard to find, many families are left not knowing where to turn.
Milestone sessions last for 90 minutes with the children’s needs at the very heart of our work. Our staff, called ‘Conductors’ are trained to tune into the child, nurturing them rather than teaching a set of exercises. We frequently teach children skills that come naturally to those without a physical disability which may include sitting and standing. We also provide techniques for the parents to take home, and give them an opportunity to gain support from other parents in similar situations.