Once your child has received a diagnosis for a neurodevelopmental condition, they are eligible to access the ProblemShared education navigator service as part of their post-diagnostic support.
The education navigator programme is a specialist teaching and advisory service that aims to support neurodivergent students, their families, and their educational settings by providing bespoke recommendations to improve their experience in education. This includes absentee students who experience school anxiety, as well as full-time students.
The term ‘educational settings’ is used since this support is available to those attending private or public schools, colleges, and universities, as well as those who are home-schooled.
Before the education navigator process properly begins, you can request an optional introductory call with one of our team. They will take you through the process and answer any questions you may have at this stage. This session is not clinical in nature and should only take around 15 minutes.
To officially get the process started, you will need to complete a few forms. These include a school consent form, a parental consent form, a one-page profile completed by you, or in the case of clients under the age of 16, your child with your support, and finally, an online questionnaire. This questionnaire allows your clinician to focus our attention on the most important challenges you or your child currently face in their education setting.
Once you have submitted your completed files, one of our experienced education navigators will meet with you, or you and your child, to understand your diagnosis.
Child-age clients are not expected to attend this session, but we do request that their parent or caregiver brings their completed One Page Profile to the meeting to ensure that their child’s voice is represented.
During the session, your appointed education navigator will learn more about your or your child’s current education setting and home environment, and explore the effect of any steps that may have already been taken to improve the experience. If adolescents or young adults prefer to attend their appointment alone, we ask that a parent remains nearby, as your education navigator will need to seek their parental viewpoint as well.
Next, your education navigator will engage with you or your child’s education provider separately to understand the challenges they face and the support they can offer. This will be either an online meeting or, if the education setting cannot meet with us, through a comprehensive questionnaire. Your education navigator will also research the school and local authority to understand what support is available in your area.
Once this is complete, your education navigator will talk you through the support available to you locally and within the education setting, and how best to access it. A written report including recommendations, resources, and next steps is then shared with you within 28 days of the session.
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