Designing innovative screening methods for neurodevelopmental conditions using BERRI

Berri由一位拥有弱势儿童心理健康专业知识的咨询临床心理学家创建，是一个数字工具包，可以识别和支持儿童的心理需求，涵盖行为、情绪健康、人际关系、风险和潜在状况指标等领域。Berri被社会工作者、寄养照顾者和寄宿护理人员使用，可以识别公共护理中儿童的心理需求，就如何支持儿童产生建议，并跟踪他们随着时间的推移的进展。Berri制作个性化的报告，解释儿童的需求和支持这些需求的有效策略，以及为管理人员和专员提供数据洞察。与临床医生花费时间进行评分和解读的纸质方法相比，这是向前迈出的一大步。贝里已经明显地为地方当局节省了数百万英镑。一项独立的社会和经济影响分析显示，在我们的服务上每花费1 GB，就会有108 GB的回报回到公共财政。然而，对于Berri如何帮助孩子和家庭，我们有更广阔的视野。据估计，全英国约有十分之一的人患有神经衰弱。关心孩子学习、发展和社交技能的父母往往发现很难获得专业意见，等待诊断的名单很长，诊断后的支持有限(影响儿童的心理健康和长期结果)。BERRI的一个领域探索神经发育/精神症状，然而，该项目的目标是将BERRI的范围扩大到为年轻人群早期筛查神经发育状况(例如，发育迟缓、自闭症谱系疾病、ADHD、学习障碍)。具体地说，我们将开发学前版和小学版(2-7岁)的测量方法，更多地询问发展里程碑和神经分化的迹象，而不是更少地询问青少年的风险/担忧。及早识别可以确保了解儿童的需求，并从额外的服务中释放支持，改善未来的结果。设计基金会赠款将使我们能够研究父母的需求，并考虑如何开发和营销一种BERRI变体，以满足具有神经分歧儿童的家庭的需求。我们会考虑向父母发送什么样的消息和渠道，说明其价值主张，并鼓励他们使用我们的工具来满足孩子的需求。我们可以测试社交媒体营销策略，开发一个简短的动画解说员，考虑将众筹作为推出新产品的一种手段是否合适，并计划下一步走向商业化的步骤。

Founded by a consultant clinical psychologist with specialist expertise about the mental health of vulnerable children, BERRI is a digital toolset that can identify and support children's psychological needs, across the domains of Behaviour, Emotional-wellbeing, Relationships, Risk and Indicators of underlying conditions. Used by social workers, foster carers and residential care staff, BERRI can identify the psychological needs of children in public care, generating advice about how to support that child, and tracking their progress over time. BERRI produces individualised reports explaining the child's needs and effective strategies to support them, as well as data insights for managers and commissioners. This is a giant step forward compared to paper measures that take clinician time to score and interpret. BERRI has already demonstrably saved millions of pounds for local authorities. An independent social and economic impact analysis shows a return of £108 to the public purse for every £1 spent on our services. However, we have a wider vision for how BERRI can help children and families.It is estimated that around 1 in 10 people across the UK are neurodivergent. Parents concerned about the learning, development and social communication skills of their child often find it hard to access professional input, with long waiting lists for diagnosis and limited support post-diagnosis (impacting on children's mental health and long-term outcomes). One domain of BERRI explores neurodevelopmental/psychiatric symptoms, however the goal of this project would be to extend the scope of BERRI to early screening of neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g. developmental delay, autism spectrum conditions, ADHD, learning disability) for a younger population. Specifically we would develop a pre-school and primary version (aged 2-7) of the measure that asks more about developmental milestones and signs of neurodivergence, and less about adolescent risks/concerns. Early identification can ensure children's needs are understood and unlocks support from additional services, improving future outcomes.The Design Foundations Grant would allow us to research the needs of parents, and consider how we would develop and market a variant of BERRI to address the needs of families with neurodivergent children. We would consider what messaging and channels would reach parents, illustrate the value proposition, and encourage them to use our tools to support the needs of their child. We could test social media marketing strategies, develop a short animated explainer, consider the appropriateness of crowdfunding as a means to launch the new product and plan the next steps towards commercialisation.