Designing innovative screening methods for neurodevelopmental conditions using BERRI

BERRI由一位临床心理学家顾问创立，他对弱势儿童的心理健康具有专业知识，BERRI是一个数字工具集，可以识别和支持儿童的心理需求，涵盖行为，职业健康，关系，风险和潜在条件指标等领域。BERRI由社会工作者、寄养家庭和寄宿家庭护理人员使用，可以确定公共护理中儿童的心理需求，提供有关如何支持该儿童的建议，并跟踪他们的进展。BERRI制作个性化的报告，解释儿童的需求和有效的战略，以支持他们，以及数据的见解，为管理人员和专员。与临床医生花费时间进行评分和解释的纸质测量相比，这是一个巨大的进步。BERRI已经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英镑，就会给公共钱包带来108英镑的回报。然而，我们对BERRI如何帮助儿童和家庭有着更广阔的视野。据估计，英国约有十分之一的人是神经分歧者。担心孩子学习、发展和社会沟通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的范围扩展到年轻人群的神经发育状况（例如发育迟缓，自闭症谱系障碍，ADHD，学习障碍）的早期筛查。具体来说，我们将开发一个学前和小学版本（2-7岁）的测量，询问更多关于发展里程碑和神经分歧的迹象，而不是关于青少年的风险/担忧。早期识别可以确保儿童的需求得到理解，并从额外的服务中获得支持，改善未来的成果。设计基金会资助将使我们能够研究父母的需求，并考虑如何开发和销售BERRI的变体，以满足有神经分歧儿童的家庭的需求。我们会考虑哪些信息和渠道可以到达父母，说明价值主张，并鼓励他们使用我们的工具来支持他们孩子的需求。我们可以测试社交媒体营销策略，开发一个简短的动画解释器，考虑众筹作为推出新产品的一种手段的适当性，并计划商业化的下一步。

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.