This is the first of a Two Step Learning Pathway for community paediatric trainees (paediatric neuro-disability).

Although it has been created for trainees at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, it will also be relevant to trainees in other hospitals.

Part of your daily work as community paediatric trainees at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital is to see children with additional needs and their families at the Chowdene Children Developmental Centre, Gateshead. The material covered in these e-learning sessions will support you as you gain experience in consultations with children who have special needs and their parents.

This learning package highlights the pertinent aspects of basic clinical practice that all trainees need to remember when looking after children with additional needs.