WHAT WE DO
We find answers to unresolved questions using the innovation of precision medicine to positively impact the everyday life of children and youth with neurodevelopmental disorders.
What are neurodevelopmental disorders?
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are conditions including intellectual disability, autism, and ADHD that begin in early childhood and that impact a person’s developing brain. The range of strengths and challenges that individuals with NDDs have vary widely.
We work with people with NDDs - also referred to as neurodiverse depending on their preference - and their caregivers in everything that we do to ensure we are meeting the real-world needs of these young people and their families.
What are behaviours of concern?
Behaviours of concern are behaviours that make it hard for a person to participate in activities like attending school or going out in their community. These behaviours include aggression and self-injury. Children and youth with NDDs often have behaviours of concern. The reasons for these behaviours can be hard to understand, usually need a specialized doctor to help treat, and can lead to many problems for the young people and their families.
What is precision medicine?
Precision medicine is an innovative approach to understanding human health and disease. We use population-level precision medicine approaches combining “big data” and machine learning methodologies to help us understand children with NDDs who have behaviours of concern, such as why some neurodiverse children develop these behaviours while others do not. We also use individual-level precision medicine approaches designed to address the needs of a specific complex child, such as what treatment would be best for a specific neurodiverse child who has behaviours of concern.