The Neurodevelopmental Disorders Unit is staffed by professionals from the fields of psychology, neuropsychology and paediatrics, with more than 15 years of experience in child and adolescent diagnosis and intervention. It includes the Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Unit (UneSAF), which has been operational at barnaclínic+ since 2018.

Neurodevelopmental disorders are characterised by deficits that affect the emotional, social and academic functioning of the individual. They share a large number of symptoms (symptomatic comorbidity) and in terms of treatment, they benefit from similar intervention strategies and programmes. Even so, the therapeutic objective of the unit is to design intervention programmes tailored to the individual needs of each person.

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  ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH/WITHOUT HYPERACTIVITY (ADD/ADHD)

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  AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD)

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  FOETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS (FASD)

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  BEHAVIOURAL DISORDER (BD)

The diagnosis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders begins with an exhaustive interview with the patient and with his/her parents or legal guardians. The purpose of the interview is to collect relevant clinical information on the difficulties faced with a view to designing a good intervention plan.

This information will be complemented with that obtained from behavioural scales and neuropsychological tests.

Neurocognitive and behavioural disorders have a significant impact on the life of the sufferer and their family, and therefore require professional support of varying degrees to overcome or compensate for them. The prognosis depends, to a large extent, on the adequacy of the assessment process and the intervention programme.

The different treatment options for Neurodevelopmental Disorders are cognitive, behavioural and/or psychoeducational.

The intervention tools used by the professionals of the Neurodevelopmental Disorders Unit are based on scientific evidence and combine different application channels (manipulative, audiovisual, etc.) in order to plan dynamic therapeutic sessions.

LEARN MORE ABOUT TREATMENT FOR FASD

VISITS PACK
1. First visit: initial visit with parents or legal guardians. Collection of relevant clinical information.	60 min.
2. Weekly follow-up visits: therapeutic intervention visits with the child or teenager.	45 min.
3. Follow-up visit with parents or legal guardians: therapeutic follow-up visit and family guidelines.	60 min.
4. Neuropsychological assessment visit: application of specific tests to assess skills and/or reach a diagnosis.	1-4 h.
5. School visit: coordination visit with the teacher and/or educational professionals involved.	60 min.

FASD PACK
1. Pre-adoption: initial visit prior to adoption that includes general information about adoption, risks, report evaluation, images, videos, etc., and counselling prior to adoption	60 min.
2. Post-adoption: this is the visit after adoption, almost exclusively to confirm or rule out an FASD diagnosis, which includes an evaluation of the reports, physical assessment, psychological tests, devolution tests, etc., follow-up counselling, coordination with professionals	60 min.
3. FASD diagnosis: includes prior visit, psychologist, paediatric and devolution visits, as well as coordination with professionals	120 min.
FIRST VISIT
1. Psychology	90 min.
2. Non-specific assessment: for example, second opinion, first visit after diagnosis of FASD, etc.	60 min.
3. Post-adoption	60 min.
FOLLOW-UP VISIT
1. Psychology (weekly, fortnightly or monthly) 2. Non-specific assessment 3. Coordination (school, professionals, etc.)	60 min.