About Us
Building understanding, early enough to matter
A UK social enterprise for children’s social and emotional wellbeing
We help families, professionals and settings respond earlier through the BOUNCE Approach® – our neurodevelopmental framework for understanding what’s beneath behaviour.
What we see
By the time systems notice, it’s often too late
We kept seeing the same children – labelled disruptive, disengaged or avoidant – whose behaviour made perfect sense once you understood what was happening underneath.
100,000s
children waiting for assessment
~1M
young people out of education
2 mins
to notice a need, with a Snapshot
The gap isn’t in how we diagnose. It’s in how early we notice and understand.
Our mission
To change outcomes for children with social and emotional needs – by building understanding in the adults around them, early enough to make a difference.
We are a UK-based social enterprise – we exist to create impact, not profit, reinvesting into tools, training and support that make early help more accessible.
Meet the team
Our specialist trainers and supporters
A team of teachers, therapists and specialists who share one commitment: helping the adults around a child understand them earlier.
Tracy
Founder + Lead Trainer
Neurodivergent teacher, trainer and somatic practitioner. She created the BOUNCE Approach® and the two-minute Snapshot tool from years of practice across mainstream, AP, PRUs and specialist SEMH settings.
Louise
Founding Member
Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist with 20+ years across NHS and not-for-profit mental health settings, passionate about adapting evidence-based therapy to each person’s goals.
Debbie
Founding Member
Early years and neurodevelopment specialist with 20+ years working with children and families. Qualified nursery nurse, now supporting neurodivergent children in the NHS – specialising in Autism and PDA.
Claire
Trainer
Counselling psychologist and psychotherapist with ten years supporting young people through addiction, self-harm, loss, anxiety and depression.
Kim
Trainer
Occupational therapist and founder of GriffinOT, specialising in sensory processing and motor skill differences – with immediate, accessible OT support for families and schools.
Kate
Trainer
Nutrition specialist bringing lifestyle medicine into practice – diet, inflammation, stress, sleep, exercise, gut health and trauma – for a 360-degree view of health.
Laura
Trainer
Autistic and ADHD health educator, independent nurse and sleep consultant, creating inclusive spaces and resources for neurodivergent and disabled communities.
Clare Truman
Trainer
Education consultant, author and PhD student specialising in supporting PDA children and young people to access education.