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Yeovil Opportunity Group
- providing respite care and special provision for families and children with additional needs
The Opportunity Group has a clear duty of care, embedded in the very beginnings of the group, to offer appropriate therapy through play to young children with additional needs and to support their families within a safe environment, with skilled staff and multi-agency planning. In addition, the Opportunity Group offers the opportunity for the therapists, audiology team and Paediatrician to engage with the children on one site.
· Targeted intervention
· Therapy through play
· Family support
· Specialist staffing and high ratios
What is the Opportunity Group?
- Yeovil Opportunity Group was started in 1970, it was amongst the first of its kind in the country
- It was founded by a paediatrician and a social worker who saw the need for therapy through play and family support for children with special needs, 0-5 years
- The group accepts all children, however high their care levels
- Referrals to the Opportunity Group always came direct from General Practitioners, Health Visitors, Paediatricians, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech Therapists.
Yeovil Opportunity Group operates as a voluntary, committee run specialist pre-school provision. It is a registered charity
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Yeovil Opportunity Group
The Balidon Centre
Preston Road
YEOVIL
Somerset
BA20 2BX
Tel: (01935) 384157
Registered charity
304693
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