Together achieving better decisions and brighter futures for Manchester families of children and young people aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

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The Specialist Community Service & Learning Disability and Autism (SCS-LDA) is a team of Clinical Psychologists, Learning Disability Nurses and Speech and Language Therapists who work with children and young people (up to the age of 18) who are autistic, have severe learning disabilities or other complex disabilities, who also have emotional or behavioural difficulties.

They work across the city in the different CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service) bases and in community settings (e.g. schools).

Please visit the CAMHS website or view the service’s padlet to learn more.

Below are some articles and events on our website that relate to the SCS-LDA team:

SCS-LDA Creative Arts Group

Fully Booked! This group for the summer term is now full and they are currently not accepting new participants. We will post an announcement and the SCS-LDA team will add info on their padlet when future Creative Arts Groups become available. The CAMHS

SCS-LDA Creative Arts Group

Fully Booked! This group for the summer term is now full and they are currently not accepting new participants. We will post an announcement and the SCS-LDA team will add info on their padlet when future Creative Arts Groups become available. The CAMHS

SCS-LDA Creative Arts Group

Fully Booked! This group for the summer term is now full and they are currently not accepting new participants. We will post an announcement and the SCS-LDA team will add info on their padlet when future Creative Arts Groups become available. The CAMHS

SCS-LDA Creative Arts Group

Fully Booked! This group for the summer term is now full and they are currently not accepting new participants. We will post an announcement and the SCS-LDA team will add info on their padlet when future Creative Arts Groups become available. The CAMHS

SCS-LDA Creative Arts Group

Fully Booked! This group for the summer term is now full and they are currently not accepting new participants. We will post an announcement and the SCS-LDA team will add info on their padlet when future Creative Arts Groups become available. The CAMHS

SCS-LDA Creative Arts Group

Fully Booked! This group for the summer term is now full and they are currently not accepting new participants. We will post an announcement and the SCS-LDA team will add info on their padlet when future Creative Arts Groups become available. The CAMHS

SCS-LDA Creative Arts Group – Summer Term 2026

Fully Booked! This group for the summer term is now full and they are currently not accepting new participants. We will post an announcement and the SCS-LDA team will add info on their padlet when future Creative Arts Groups become available. The CAMHS

Get Involved: Name the New GM Autism Centre

Some of you may know that a new building is being developed to house some Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) teams and MPCF together in one building - and we need a name for it! We were originally going to call it the Greater