Understanding Your Child
When you know something isn’t quite working, but you’re not sure why
It can be difficult to understand why everyday situations have become challenging for your child or young person, or to know what support will actually make a difference.
Understanding Your Child is a specialist consultation for parents and carers who want to make sense of what is happening and leave with practical, personalised recommendations for what to do next.
For children and young people aged 4-25 • Online across the UK
All for £395
No diagnosis required • Ages 4-25 • 90 mins • Personalised plan
A clearer understanding. Practical support. A way forward.
You may be asking yourself:
- Why are everyday situations becoming so difficult?
- Why is my child becoming overwhelmed, anxious or distressed?
- Why are strategies that used to work no longer helping?
- Could sensory, communication or executive-function needs be contributing?
- Is school, college or another environment making things harder?
- Could my child be neurodivergent?
- What can I actually do differently at home?
- What support should we consider next?
You don’t need to have all the answers before seeking support.
The consultation gives you dedicated time with a specialist to explore the bigger picture, understand your child’s needs through a neuroaffirming lens, and identify practical ways forward.
Who is this consultation for?
Understanding Your Child is designed for parents and carers who want a clearer understanding of their child or young person’s needs and practical guidance about how best to support them.
It may be particularly helpful if:
- Everyday situations are becoming increasingly difficult or overwhelming
- Your child is experiencing anxiety, emotional distress, shutdowns or periods of dysregulation
- There are concerns about school attendance, transitions or coping within education
- Sensory, communication, executive-function or demand-related needs may be contributing to difficulties
- Strategies that previously helped are no longer working
- You are unsure which support or professional involvement may be appropriate
- You are waiting for an assessment and want support in the meantime
- You think your child may be neurodivergent but they have not yet been assessed
- Your child already has a diagnosis but you need practical support with what happens day to day
Your child does not need a formal diagnosis
The consultation can be helpful whether your child or young person:
- Has a confirmed diagnosis
- Is waiting for an assessment
- Is beginning to explore whether they may be neurodivergent
The focus is on understanding their individual needs and identifying practical support, rather than on giving them a label.
What will you get from the consultation?
Understanding Your Child – £395
A complete specialist consultation package
The £395 fee includes everything you need to explore your concerns and receive a personalised support plan.
Your package includes:
How it works
What might your plan cover?
Your support plan is written specifically around your family and the information shared before and during the consultation. Depending on your needs, it may include:
- Your child’s strengths and interests
- Existing sources of support
- Your family’s main concerns and priorities
- Possible reasons why particular situations may be difficult
- Sensory needs
- Emotional and regulation needs
- Communication needs
- Executive-function needs
- Demand-related needs
- Sources of overwhelm
- Strategies that may help at home
- Suggestions for education, employment or other relevant settings
- Ways of adapting the environment or approach
- Practical recommendations based on your child’s individual needs
- Recommended next steps
- Appropriate signposting
- Considerations for further assessment or professional support where relevant
- The aim is not to give you another generic list of strategies but to give you a clearer understanding of your child and practical recommendations that you can realistically use.
Why choose Equally Different Therapy?
At Equally Different Therapy, we specialise in neuroaffirming support for neurodivergent children, young people and families.
We recognise that difficulties such as anxiety, overwhelm, school avoidance, emotional dysregulation, sensory needs and demand-related distress rarely have a simple, one-size-fits-all explanation.
We look beyond behaviour
Rather than focusing only on what your child is doing, we consider what may be happening underneath it.
We look at the individual child or young person, including their:
- Strengths and interests
- Communication style
- Sensory needs
- Emotional needs
- Environment
- Relationships
- Demands they are experiencing
- Existing sources of support
Practical rather than generic
You don’t need another list of strategies that may or may not work.
The purpose of this consultation is to help you understand the whole picture and identify practical, realistic recommendations that are specific to your child and your family.
Questions you may have
Important information
Understanding Your Child provides specialist consultation, practical recommendations and an individualised support plan.
These services are not the same as:
- A formal diagnosis
- Emergency or crisis support
- Legal advice
- Formal advocacy
- An expert-witness opinion
- A substitute for assessment or intervention by education, health or social-care services
Recommendations are based on the information available at the time of the consultation. We cannot guarantee that the support plan will result in a particular assessment, service, educational provision or other outcome.
For young adults aged 18 or over, consent will normally be required before personal information about them is reviewed or discussed. We will also consider the child or young person’s views, understanding and right to be involved wherever appropriate.
Enquire about Understanding Your Child
Tell us a little about your child or young person and what you would most like help with.
We’ll review your enquiry first to make sure the consultation is appropriate for your family and discuss availability before an appointment is offered.
What happens next?
We’ll review the information you’ve provided and check whether Understanding Your Child is appropriate for your family.
If we can offer the service, we’ll contact you to agree an appointment date and send you the pre-consultation questionnaire and invoice.
The full £395 fee is payable in advance and your appointment will be confirmed once payment has been received.
Appointments may be rearranged with at least 48 working hours’ notice. Where less notice is given, the appointment may be treated as used, except in exceptional circumstances.
The package includes one brief clarification email after you have received your written support plan.
Ongoing email support, liaison with schools or professionals, additional meetings and further written work are not included, but may be arranged separately where appropriate.