A child spends more of their week at school than with any clinician
Parents can change a great deal at home. If the child then spends six hours a day in an environment that does not understand them, progress is limited by arithmetic.
Why school decides how far the plan gets
Families often do the hard work of learning what their child needs, and then watch it stop at the school gate — not through anybody's unwillingness, but because the understanding never travelled.
A teacher managing thirty children cannot reconstruct a developmental profile from a diagnosis on a form. What helps is something specific: this is how this child takes in instructions, this is what precedes the behaviour you are seeing, this is what will make the difference.
Who we want to reach
- schools
- teachers
- teaching assistants
- SEN and SEND staff
- psychologists
- doctors
- and other professionals working with the child
The goal is unglamorous and hard to achieve: one shared understanding of the child, held by everyone around them, instead of five partial ones that contradict each other.
Training and shared understanding
Geniuslane clinicians and staff are trained through the Geniuslane Training Academy, so a family meets the same approach wherever they are seen. Extending that training to teachers and other professionals outside Geniuslane is work in progress rather than a service we can claim to run today.
If you are a school or a professional working with a child we see, the practical starting point is the child's profile and plan — shared with the family's consent.
Talk to us about your child
An assessment starts with a conversation. Tell us what you have noticed and we will explain what would help.
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This page explains how we work and is general information for parents. It is not a diagnosis, and it is not a substitute for advice about your own child. For guidance specific to your child, book an assessment. In an emergency, contact your local emergency services.