Children’s Disorders
Check what a source can establish before using it to make a decision.
These selected resources help you prepare practical questions and a shared response. UK clinical recommendations are useful benchmarks; they do not establish Greek legal entitlements.
Autistica · Practical guidance · English · UK
For parents, teachers and anyone present: creating space, reducing competing voices and helping the person recover. Use the suggestions according to the child’s preferences; do not turn reassurance or breathing prompts into another demand.
NICE · CG170 · Clinical guidance · English · UK
Section 1.4 asks clinicians to examine contributing factors and review what has changed. Sections 1.1 and 1.2 cover coordinated care, the child’s involvement and family needs. Useful for preparing specific questions for the team.
NICE · CG128 · Clinical guidance · English · UK
Sections 1.5–1.6 address developmental and family history, information across settings, coexisting needs and uncertainty after assessment. Families can use them to ask what was considered and what remains unresolved.
NICE · NG87 · Clinical guidance · English · UK
Sections 1.8 and 1.10 cover benefit, adverse effects, growth and treatment review. Use them to prepare the conversation with the prescribing clinician and ask how school and daily-life needs enter the review. Medication changes remain the clinician’s responsibility.
National Autistic Society · Practical guidance · English · UK
Explains meltdowns, early signs and the value of recording what happened before, during and afterwards. Useful for a shared support plan; the right response depends on the person and the situation.
The descriptions above are our Greek/English editorial summaries, not official translations of the organisations’ guidance. The original source remains available next to every summary.
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Our Greek edition also offers an optional Google translation link for selected public pages. It opens a third-party service only when you choose it. Machine translation can change clinical meaning: our test of the Autistica page mistranslated “meltdowns” as “depressive crises” in one passage. Check uncertain terms against the original; use the source’s clinical instructions with the responsible professional.
Clinical assessment, educational assessment and benefit administration are separate processes. For a clinical route, ask your paediatrician or existing service to clarify the assessment question, relevant expertise and actual access requirements. A verified national clinic directory is not yet available here.
ΚΕΔΑΣΥ Χανίων: responsibilities reproduces Article 11 of Law 4823/2021. ΚΕΔΑΣΥ are public interdisciplinary educational assessment, counselling and support centres. The page describes educational assessment and reports for preschool and school-age pupils. Greek language; this centre has a local jurisdiction.
Checked 4 October 2026: relevant passages read, without a full amendment or local-procedure audit. Ask the school which centre serves you, then confirm its current application process and required documents. We have not verified current waiting times.
ΕΟΠΥΥ: ΕΚΠΥ and amendments. The national health-services organisation’s official Greek-language index is a starting point for checking benefit rules. It does not itself provide a clinical recommendation.
Checked 4 October 2026: index read; the complete regulations and annexes were not reviewed. Age, insurance, referral and coverage requirements must be checked for the particular benefit. No amounts or therapy exclusions are asserted here.
Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, University of Gothenburg. English; Sweden. Background for questions about co-occurring difficulties, not a Greek service or additional diagnosis. Relevant passages read 4 October 2026; no material reproduced.
What is Neurodiversity? and The 4 D’s, Genius Within C.I.C. English; UK, including workplace contexts. Both pages read in full on 4 October 2026; linked tests and downloads were not reviewed.
See the limits in our source notes. These resources are not diagnostic classification, child screening or evidence of Greek entitlements. We do not reproduce diagrams or endorse services.
CG128: recognising and assessing autism under 19. For families and professionals; English; UK guidance. Start with sections 1.2 (concerns), 1.5 (assessment), 1.6 (uncertainty and second opinion) and 1.8 (explaining findings). Useful for asking how the history and different settings were considered. Relevant assessment and review recommendations in sections 1.5–1.6 were read directly on 27 October 2026; the source notes record the scope of this check.
CG170: supporting autistic children and young people. English; UK. Section 1.4 helps frame questions about changes in behaviour and contributing factors. NG87: ADHD, sections 1.8 and 1.10, is useful when preparing a medication-monitoring or treatment-review discussion. Relevant recommendations on coordinated support and reassessment (CG170 sections 1.1–1.4) and medication monitoring and review (NG87 sections 1.8 and 1.10) were read directly on 27 October 2026. These clinical references do not establish Greek entitlements or replace individual assessment.
Ask the teacher and headteacher to organise the support that can begin now: the difficulty being addressed, teaching adjustments, responsible staff, start date and review. Ask whether the school has an ΕΔΥ, how ΚΕΔΑΣΥ and the Education Advisor are involved, and whether interim support in a Τμήμα Ένταξης applies. The school should identify and carry out its own procedural steps.
Keep classroom adjustments, parallel support and formal examination arrangements distinct: their approval requirements differ. Ask for the current rule, required document and relevant school-year deadline for the provision you need. If help has already been approved, ask about delivery, staffing and interim arrangements; another assessment does not answer a staffing gap. ΚΕΔΑΣΥ responsibilities is a starting point, not a complete current procedure guide.
ΟΠΕΚΑ: Community Centres. Greek; official national information with a route to local services. A municipal social service or Community Centre is a starting point for asking about support and referrals. Ask about age and eligibility, actual capacity, staffing suited to the child, transport, usable hours, costs and backup. Page checked 25 October 2026; no local vacancy or individual eligibility has been confirmed.
A day place, financial benefit, home assistance and respite or emergency care are different forms of help. One does not establish access to the others. Ask which body can answer each unmet need, including when a parent cannot provide care. See family capacity and continuity.
Immediate danger in Greece: call 112. Do not wait for a school meeting or an online report.
Choose the route that fits the concern:
The official school reporting platform and FAQ explain who can submit a named report and who sees it. Our bullying and exclusion guide connects reporting with protection and follow-through. Greek sources; checked 26 October 2026. A directory listing does not guarantee immediate availability or an outcome.
Read our stigma page for selected research, its populations and limits. The National Autistic Society’s sensory guide offers English-language explanations for families and people around the child; relevant sections checked 25 October 2026. These resources help ask better questions, without making one account universal.
Use the family-background page for curated source links and questions about inherited susceptibility, IVF/ICSI, embryo freezing, pregnancy and environmental influences. It connects NICE history-taking guidance, MedlinePlus Genetics, original treatment studies, HFEA and EMA guidance. Each source has a specific role; none predicts an individual child’s development.
Greek genetics services, referral requirements and funding have not yet been verified for this review. Ask the clinician managing the pregnancy or the child’s assessment which local route is appropriate; foreign guidance does not establish Greek access or entitlement.
The bullying and exclusion guide connects practical instructions by role with the Greek reporting route. It distinguishes immediate protection, investigation and continuing review.
