Lab Building
Bounded Thread
Children with additional needs usually have a one-page profile. It is written once, copied into a Word file and passed between schools, and it rarely says more than likes, dislikes and a few strategies. Bounded Thread keeps one page that grows with the child. Young children fill it in with an adult, with pictures and choices, and older children write it themselves: their interests, strengths, how they work, when things go well, what gets in the way, and what helps and what has not. Adults never rewrite the child's words. Underneath, they add what they saw, how they interpret it, what was tried and whether it worked, and a short account of how it fits together.
The idea we are testing
Connected to the Bounded Companion
What a family records in the Bounded Companion can become notes in the thread, marked with where they came from, and the young person can test their own lines there.
Where it is now
A first prototype exists. It is unfinished and changes often, so what you see may differ from what we finally release.
When it is ready, it graduates into a product or service.
Who it is for
A page about them, in their own words, that keeps up as they grow.
No more retelling the whole story at every new school.
A current, annotated starting point, with the child's permission.
Taking part
The prototype has an invented example and lets you start a thread with invented details. If you would like to try it in a school, write to Ricardo.
We're here to help
Let's talk
Tell the Companion about a moment that puzzles you, or write to Ricardo directly.