Working with families
If your child or young person is neurodivergent (or you think they might be) and things aren't going well at home or school, it can feel like you're carrying it all on your own. But we can help.
We offer direct support to neurodivergent children and young people (ages 4-21) through one-to-one mentoring, small social connection groups with young people of a similar age, and support with work experience and life skills. This support will help your child or young person recognise their strengths and challenges and feel positive about who they are. It can also help them to manage anxiety, build social confidence, foster meaningful connections and plan their next steps in education and life.
We also offer professional advice and recommendations to inform your child or young person’s education journey through our report, as well as neurodivergent pre-assessments and home support strategies.
Browse our Direct Support for Children & Young People services.
Browse our Assessment and Report services.
Browse our Bespoke services for parents and carers.
“Sadie has given ‘above and beyond’ expert advice and help to support my daughter, through very difficult and complex circumstances, towards positive outcomes. She is an absolutely brilliant professional who works intuitively with children in education and their families towards ‘what works’, always thinks outside of the box!”
Why choose Think Different Consulting?
When families come to us, it's usually because they've hit a wall – a system that doesn't recognise their child or young person's needs or where reasonable adjustments aren’t in place.
We are committed to working with families and educators in a supportive and constructive way so that neurodivergent children and young people can access education that works for them.
We take a neuroaffirmative, inclusive and trauma-informed approach, and are guided by three core principles:
Authenticity: Bringing lived experience and empathy into professional support.
Connection: Building human, respectful and relatable relationships with families and professionals.
Ethical practice: Prioritising the needs of children over profit.
The value Think Different Consulting brings
✓ Expertise and decades of collective experience working in primary and secondary mainstream schools and specialist schools and facilities.
✓ Highly skilled at working with children and young people (ages 4-21) who are formally identified as neurodivergent, are on the pathway to diagnosis or who identify as such.
✓ We’ve worked within the education system and we understand the realities and pressures educators face.
✓ As independent consultants, we will give honest and unbiased opinions on the suitability of you child or young person’s current education, based on our assessment of their needs, and make recommendations to positively impact their wellbeing, self belief and educational success.
✓ Our expertise is further strengthened by our ongoing research, contributions to published articles and our evidence-based resources.
✓ Many of our staff members also have lived experience of neurodivergence, either personally or through supporting their own neurodivergent children, enabling us to combine professional knowledge with genuine understanding, insight and empathy.