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Paediatric FND course for healthcare teams
CPD Accredited Training
Self-accredited course. FND CONNECT CIC is the training provider. It has reviewed this course against the FND Connect CPD Charter and verified that it meets the conditions for accreditation.
Shared clinical understanding for teams supporting children and adolescents.
10 modules · printable workbook · completion certificate
£99 per person · one-off payment
This paediatric FND course is for healthcare teams supporting children and adolescents. Develop your understanding of Functional Neurological Disorder (FND): assessment boundaries, communication, functional seizures and multidisciplinary rehabilitation, across ten modules. It is for paediatric nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other community clinicians. Teachers and SENCOs need the school course. Parents need the free family course.
- Explain FND respectfully and recognise when clinical uncertainty or new symptoms require assessment.
- Connect episode plans, rehabilitation, family support and school participation across the team.
- Practise with ten clinical scenarios and build a clear plan for follow-up and transition.
Choose with confidence
Children's healthcare and adolescent services
For: Paediatric nurses, doctors, therapists and community healthcare teams
Connect paediatric FND understanding with family involvement, rehabilitation and school participation.
Use the learning in your setting
Use ten clinical scenarios and the workbook to explore communication, episode plans, multidisciplinary goals, school liaison and transition while working within your existing role and supervision.
School staff supporting learning should choose schools training. Adult clinical teams should choose adult healthcare. This foundation course does not qualify learners to diagnose or treat FND independently.
Who this paediatric course is for
Course: Paediatric FND: Understanding and Supporting Children and Young People
Designed for paediatric nurses, paediatricians and other doctors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, psychologists and community healthcare professionals. Build shared understanding across your multidisciplinary team, with examples focused on children, adolescents and their families.
Professional foundation: For paediatric healthcare professionals and relevant community teams. This is a foundation course with clinical context; it does not certify competence to diagnose FND, prescribe, deliver specialist therapy or manage emergencies independently. Follow your professional scope, supervision and local policies.
Supporting a pupil as a teacher or SENCO? Use FND school accommodations. Supporting a relative or friend outside a paid care role? Caring for someone with FND is free after a reviewed access request.
What your £99 includes
Ten modules for paediatric healthcare teams, with source-linked learning, clinical scenarios and practical prompts for coordinated care.
- Ten in-depth written modules with source links and practical diagrams
- Ten clinical scenarios with guided activities and worked responses
- 80 assessment questions with explanations, an 80% pass mark and unlimited retakes
- A printable workbook with eight team-planning templates
- A named Certificate of Completion with a unique verification record
Course coverage: Positive diagnosis and its limits; communication; functional seizures; new symptoms; multidisciplinary rehabilitation; coexisting needs; safeguarding; school liaison; and transition.
Allow around 6 hours for reading, reflection and the suggested activities, plus assessment time. Those hours are the CPD hours and CPD credits on the certificate. Assessment time is not added. Pause and return whenever you need.
CPD Accredited Training
Self-accredited course. FND CONNECT CIC is the training provider. It has reviewed this course against the FND Connect CPD Charter and verified that it meets the conditions for accreditation.
The workbook is available after enrolment. The online practical portfolio requires saved decisions and revised outputs. Structured decisions are checked automatically; written explanations are not independently marked. Healthcare courses also require the final-case rubric. Professional foundation education for paediatric healthcare teams. Work within your competence, supervision and local policies. Completion does not establish competence to diagnose FND, prescribe, deliver a specialist therapy or manage emergencies independently. New or different symptoms must not automatically be attributed to FND. Use fictional details in learning activities.
Try a scenario from the course
The old diagnosis and the new weakness
Beth, 12, has an established functional tremor. She now has a sudden new facial weakness. A handover says ‘known FND; reassure’.
Think it through: Identify what the existing diagnosis does and does not establish.
Read the worked response
The tremor diagnosis does not explain a new sudden facial weakness. Escalate promptly through the appropriate paediatric neurological/acute pathway. State onset, observed findings, associated concerns and what is different; include the prior diagnosis as context, not a conclusion. NICE recommends immediate neurological assessment for sudden or rapidly progressive limb or facial weakness in children. Reassure Beth that the team is taking the change seriously while arranging assessment.
Each of the 10 modules includes a practical activity with a worked response.
Paediatric FND course for healthcare teams: course modules
Understanding paediatric FND
Symptoms, development and realistic hope
Learning outcomes and activity
- Explain genuine, involuntary symptoms without blame
- Distinguish FND presentations from associated needs
- Interpret outcome claims without promising recovery
Practise: A normal scan, an unanswered question
Assessment and diagnostic boundaries
Positive diagnosis, uncertainty and coexisting disease
Learning outcomes and activity
- Describe the role and limits of positive clinical features
- Recognise uncertainty and coexisting disease
- Prepare a useful assessment or referral summary
Practise: The old diagnosis and the new weakness
Functional seizures and episode care
Individual plans, calm responses and clinical uncertainty
Learning outcomes and activity
- Distinguish a familiar documented event from an undifferentiated episode
- Describe appropriate specialist assessment and epilepsy overlap
- Identify the requirements of an individual episode plan
Practise: Two event types, one incomplete handover
New symptoms and acute deterioration
Preventing diagnostic overshadowing
Learning outcomes and activity
- Identify when an existing diagnosis does not answer a new concern
- Use local acute-care and age-appropriate referral pathways
- Give a concise escalation handover
Practise: An event after a head injury
Coordinated rehabilitation
Individual goals and clear multidisciplinary roles
Learning outcomes and activity
- Explain complementary professional roles
- Translate participation goals into a coordinated plan
- Interpret treatment evidence and recognise scope limits
Practise: Conflicting activity advice
Coexisting needs and accessible care
Pain, fatigue, communication and neurodevelopment
Learning outcomes and activity
- Identify needs requiring assessment in their own right
- Adapt encounters to communication and sensory needs
- Avoid using psychological or neurodevelopmental findings as diagnostic proof
Practise: The busy clinic
Young people, families and safeguarding
Voice, confidentiality and proportionate action
Learning outcomes and activity
- Include the young person's priorities alongside family support
- Recognise consent and confidentiality questions requiring guidance
- Respond to safeguarding concerns without assumptions based on FND
Practise: A request to talk privately
School, friendships and participation
Linking clinical care with the young person's everyday life
Learning outcomes and activity
- Coordinate clinically informed support with education staff
- Set individual participation goals
- Share useful information proportionately and review its effect
Practise: ‘Return when the episodes stop’
Follow-up and transition
Continuity, review and bringing the course together
Learning outcomes and activity
- Review symptoms, function and participation separately
- Plan responsibility across service transitions
- Apply course learning to a complete team case
Practise: The referral that has not been accepted
How it works
Enrol
Pay once with your name and email. You'll get a private link to your course — no account or password needed.
Learn & test
Work through 10 modules at your own pace and pass a short test at the end of each (retake as often as you need).
Receive your certificate
Pass every module and download your Certificate of Completion — uniquely numbered and publicly verifiable.
A record of what you have completed
Pass every module at 80% to earn your Paediatric FND for Healthcare Teams. You must also answer every safety-critical question correctly. Retakes use a fresh selection after you review your feedback. You must also complete the practical portfolio, including the final case on healthcare courses.
Download a named Certificate of Completion with your completion date, a unique certificate number and a public verification link. Retakes are unlimited and included in your course price.
Issued by FND CONNECT CIC. This is not a regulated qualification.
CPD Accredited Training
Self-accredited course. FND CONNECT CIC is the training provider. It has reviewed this course against the FND Connect CPD Charter and verified that it meets the conditions for accreditation.
Research and guidance behind the course
Published by FND Connect (FND CONNECT CIC). Edition 2026.10; source links checked 8 October 2026. The modules distinguish research findings, professional guidance and local service examples. Selected reading includes:
- Vassilopoulos et al. (2022): treatment approaches in children — Narrative review; supports individualised coordinated care, not a universal protocol.
- Reilly et al. (2023): ILAE consensus on functional seizures in children — Scoping review and expert consensus specific to paediatric functional seizures.
- NICE NG127: neurological recognition and referral in under-16s — General referral guidance; use the appropriate age-specific and local pathway.
- NICE NG43: transition from children's to adults' services — General transition guidance, not an FND-specific guarantee of adult provision.
Full references are included in the modules and workbook. Linking to a source does not imply its authors or organisation endorse this course. The source check is not independent clinical review or accreditation.
Reflecting on your paediatric FND learning
CPD Accredited Training. FND CONNECT CIC has reviewed this course against the FND Connect CPD Charter and verified that it meets the conditions for accreditation. The certificate shows the guided learning hours on this page as CPD hours and CPD credits, at one credit per hour. It does not certify clinical competence, and it is not a regulated qualification. Your employer or professional body decides whether to accept the hours.
Record your actual study time, reflect on the cases and discuss one practice change and one remaining learning need with your supervisor or team.
CPD Accredited Training
Self-accredited course. FND CONNECT CIC is the training provider. It has reviewed this course against the FND Connect CPD Charter and verified that it meets the conditions for accreditation.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the Paediatric FND course for healthcare teams course for?
For paediatric healthcare professionals and relevant community teams. This is a foundation course with clinical context; it does not certify competence to diagnose FND, prescribe, deliver specialist therapy or manage emergencies independently. Follow your professional scope, supervision and local policies.
What is included in the £99 course price?
10 online modules, a test for each module, unlimited retakes and a downloadable Certificate of Completion after passing every module and completing the practical portfolio. A printable team workbook with ten clinical scenarios, worked responses, source links and eight templates for explanation, episode-plan requirements, MDT goals, school liaison and transition. Use fictional details for learning. This is a one-off payment per person, not a subscription.
How long does the course take?
Allow around 6 hours for reading, reflection and the suggested activities, plus assessment time. Those 6 hours are the CPD hours and CPD credits on the certificate. Assessment time is not added. Study at your own pace and return using your private access link.
Is this accredited FND CPD paediatric training?
Yes. This is CPD Accredited Training. Self-accredited course. FND CONNECT CIC is the training provider. It has reviewed this course against the FND Connect CPD Charter and verified that it meets the conditions for accreditation. The certificate shows 6 guided learning hours, counted as 6 CPD credits. This is not a regulated qualification, and it is not endorsement by a statutory regulator. Your employer or professional body decides whether to accept the hours.
How do I earn the certificate?
Pass each module assessment with at least 80%. Every safety-critical question must also be answered correctly. After an unsuccessful attempt, review the feedback and lesson before starting a fresh selection of questions. Complete the staged practical portfolio as well; healthcare courses include a final case with six automatically checked criteria. Written reflections are saved but not independently marked. You can retake tests as often as you need. Your downloadable Certificate of Completion shows your name, the course, completion date, CPD hours, CPD credits and a unique certificate number with a public verification link. It is issued by FND CONNECT CIC. It is CPD-accredited by FND Connect and it is not a regulated qualification.
Is this live training or a video course?
It is self-paced learning through written modules, diagrams, practical scenarios and short tests. The printable workbook supports the required online practical portfolio. Structured decisions are checked automatically; written explanations are saved but not independently marked. There are no scheduled live sessions.
What happens after payment?
After successful payment, you can access your course through a private link, which is also emailed to you. You do not need to create an account or password. Use your own name and email so your access and certificate are correctly assigned.
How does this course differ from the other FND courses?
School staff supporting learning should choose schools training. Adult clinical teams should choose adult healthcare. This foundation course does not qualify learners to diagnose or treat FND independently.
Can staff use the free family carers course instead?
No. Free family-carer access is reserved for unpaid personal caring and requires manual approval. Paid care work, care networks and organisational training need a paid course for the relevant setting. Each learner receives their own access and completion record.
Does the course cover functional seizures in children?
Yes. A dedicated module covers paediatric functional seizures, also described as dissociative or non-epileptic seizures, and individual episode plans. It explores communication, coexisting epilepsy, uncertainty and when to escalate concerns. This is foundation education; it does not replace an individual clinical plan or emergency training.
Is this FND course suitable for physiotherapists and occupational therapists?
Yes. Physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other allied health professionals can use the course to develop a shared understanding of paediatric FND, coordinated rehabilitation, accessible care and participation at home and school. It explains team roles and planning; it is not specialist certification in delivering FND treatment.
Can a paediatric department or multidisciplinary team enrol together?
Yes. Choose the team booking option to enter each colleague's name and email and pay for everyone in one transaction. Each learner receives their own access link, progress record, assessments and Certificate of Completion after passing the assessments and completing the practical portfolio. The price is £99 per learner.
Is this course for teachers or for healthcare professionals?
Healthcare professionals. Teachers, SENCOs and teaching assistants should use FND school accommodations. This course covers functional neurological disorder in children and adolescents for clinical teams: assessment boundaries, communication, functional seizures and coordinated rehabilitation. It does not certify you to diagnose or treat FND independently.
Enrol in Paediatric FND course for healthcare teams
£99 per person, paid once. Includes all 10 modules, workbook, tests, retakes and your certificate after passing the assessments and completing the practical portfolio.