How it works
A journey for parents, therapists, and partners.
The path for parents, therapists, and partners. Each journey ends by joining the founding cohort, where consent is confirmed and then recorded when the account is created.
Nobody trained you for this. This is the path from the first assessment to coordinating care across multiple centres.
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Getting the First Assessment
Your child has been referred for evaluation. Start with a developmental paediatrician or child psychiatrist for a formal diagnosis. Ask for a written report — you will need it for every subsequent referral.
Tip: Request the full psychoeducational report, not just a summary letter.
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Understanding the Diagnosis
A diagnosis is a starting point, not a ceiling. Ask your evaluator: Which domains are affected? What therapies are recommended? In what priority order? What does a realistic 6-month goal look like?
Tip: Write down every question before the appointment. Bring someone with you to take notes.
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Finding the Right Therapy Centre
Look for centres that offer multidisciplinary care under one roof — OT, Speech, ABA, RDI, and Special Education together. Ask about their IEP process, how they communicate with parents, and whether they coordinate with other specialists.
Tip: A centre that does not share session notes with you is a red flag.
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Starting Therapy — What to Expect
The first 4–6 sessions are assessment and baseline-setting. Progress is rarely linear. Ask your therapist for written goals at the start of each IEP cycle and written progress notes after each session.
Tip: Keep a parent log of what you observe at home — it is as important as the therapist’s notes.
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Coordinating Across Multiple Therapists
Most families coordinate 4–8 specialists with no shared record between them. You become the only system connecting any of it. MyTheraverseOS replaces that fragmentation — one shared record, every provider, one child’s story.
Tip: Ask each therapist to share their session notes in writing, not just verbal updates.
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Transitioning Between Centres
When changing therapy centres, request a full written summary from every current therapist — goals worked, progress made, strategies that work, and what to avoid. Never start fresh when you do not have to.
Tip: Your child’s history belongs to you. You have the right to request all records.
Walk into session one with the whole child already in view, and leave a note the rest of the team can actually use.
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See the complete history before session one
Every specialist — OT, Speech, RDI, ABA, psychologist — sees the complete history before session one, instead of a blank chart and a parent retelling the same years again.
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Notes that reach the full team on save
Session notes auto-share to the full care team on save, so the next provider is not waiting on a verbal handover.
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Red flags the same day
Red flags observed by any therapist reach parents and the developmental psychologist the same day — nothing sits unread in a file.
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Progress the family owns
IEP progress by domain, food–mood–sleep patterns, and a lifetime record that grows with the child — owned by the family, visible to the therapists they authorise.
Therapy centres, schools, and the clinical and technical partners building the platform with the families who live this.
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Centres: many disciplines, one record
OT, Speech, ABA, RDI, and Special Education can work from one shared child record instead of a fresh file at every door.
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Schools: the classroom sees the whole child
With parent consent, the classroom finally sees the whole child. IEP goals are tracked across therapy and school, in line with the RPwD Act 2016 and NEP 2020.
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Technical partner: Grae AI
MyTheraverseOS is developed alongside Grae AI, the technical co-builder bringing AI-native architecture so real-time cross-domain care coordination can work at scale.
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Clinical advisory, close to the work
A growing roster of occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, developmental psychologists, special educators, and functional medicine practitioners — several with their own lived or clinical proximity to neurodivergent care.
New parent journey
CDC milestones and red flags.
If you feel your child has red flags, you are not overreacting. Use this as a conversation starter with your paediatrician — then begin the parent journey above.
Expected milestones at 2 Months
- Smiles at people
- Calms self briefly
- Coos, makes gurgling sounds
- Turns head toward sounds
Red flags at 2 Months
- Does not respond to loud sounds
- Does not watch things as they move
- Does not smile at people
- Does not bring hands to mouth
If you notice a red flag, you are not overreacting. Speak to your paediatrician. Milestone themes follow the CDC “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” programme. This guide is not a diagnosis. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional.
Questionnaires
Start with a screening.
These are not diagnostic tools — they are starting points. Use them to organise your observations before speaking to a professional.
16–30 months
M-CHAT-R Screening
Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers — the most widely used early autism screening tool. For children 16–30 months.
1. Does your child enjoy being swung, bounced on your knee, etc.?
2. Does your child take an interest in other children?
3. Does your child like climbing on things, such as up stairs?
4. Does your child enjoy playing peek-a-boo / hide-and-seek?
5. Does your child ever pretend, for example, to talk on the phone or take care of a doll?
6. Does your child ever use his/her index finger to point, to ask for something?
7. Does your child ever use his/her index finger to point, to indicate interest in something?
8. Can your child play properly with small toys without mouthing, fiddling, or dropping them?
9. Does your child ever bring objects over to you to show you something?
10. Does your child look you in the eye for more than a second or two?
11. Does your child ever seem oversensitive to noise?
12. Does your child smile in response to your face or your smile?
13. Does your child imitate you? (e.g., you make a face — does your child imitate it?)
14. Does your child respond to his/her name when you call?
15. If you point at a toy across the room, does your child look at it?
16. Does your child walk?
17. Does your child look at things you are looking at?
18. Does your child make unusual finger movements near his/her face?
19. Does your child try to attract your attention to his/her own activity?
20. Have you ever wondered if your child might be deaf?
These questionnaires are for informational purposes only and do not constitute a medical diagnosis. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional. Responses are stored for the MyTheraverseOS super admin.
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