Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Beyond Profiler?

The Beyond Profiler is a multidimensional neurodiversity profiling tool designed to help families, educators, and allied health professionals better understand the unique traits, strengths, and challenges of neurodivergent individuals. It provides personalized insights that can be used for advocacy, support, and creating more inclusive environments.

Who is the Beyond Profiler for?

The Beyond Profiler is for anyone who supports or advocates for neurodivergent individuals, including parents, educators, learning support teachers, and allied health professionals. It helps you better understand and support those in your care.

How does the Beyond Profiler work?

The Beyond Profiler uses a series of multidimensional assessments to analyse various cognitive, emotional, social, and sensory traits. Based on the data provided, it generates a personalized profile that highlights strengths and areas where additional support may be needed. This profile is actionable and provides recommendations for better understanding and advocacy.

What types of neurodivergent conditions does the Beyond Profiler support?

The Beyond Profiler is designed to support a range of neurodivergent conditions, including but not limited to autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, sensory processing issues, and global developmental delays. The tool focuses on understanding the individual’s unique traits, regardless of formal diagnoses.

What are the key benefits of using the Beyond Profiler?

The Beyond Profiler helps you:

Understand the unique ways neurodivergent individuals think, communicate, and process information. Advocate for the best support strategies in educational and healthcare settings. Foster inclusive environments by identifying strengths and areas of need. For Australian users, it includes an NDIS add-on feature that assists in identifying functional impacts for NDIS funding advocacy.

How can the Beyond Profiler help me advocate for my child’s needs at school?

The Beyond Profiler provides a comprehensive profile of your child’s neurodivergent traits, helping you and the school better understand their unique needs. This information can be used to create tailored support plans, enhance communication with teachers, and ensure the appropriate accommodations are in place.

Is the Beyond Profiler customizable?

Yes! The Beyond Profiler provides personalized insights based on the individual’s specific traits and needs. Whether you’re a parent, educator, or professional, the profiler tailors its recommendations to help you provide the best possible support.

How often should I update my child’s profile on the Beyond Profiler?

We recommend updating the profile as your child progresses, especially during key transitions such as starting a new school year or experiencing significant changes in behaviour or support needs. This ensures the profile stays relevant and provides the most accurate insights.

What is the NDIS add-on feature?

The NDIS add-on is a specialized feature within the Beyond Profiler designed for Australian participants of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). It helps identify functional impacts related to neurodiversity, making it easier for you to advocate for the right supports during NDIS planning meetings.

How can the NDIS add-on help with funding meetings?

The NDIS add-on provides detailed insights into your functional needs, which can be essential for NDIS planning. By clearly outlining the specific supports you require, it helps you effectively communicate your needs during NDIS funding meetings, increasing your chances of securing the appropriate support.

Do I need a formal diagnosis to use the NDIS add-on feature?

No, you do not need a formal diagnosis to use the NDIS add-on feature. The Beyond Profiler focuses on identifying functional impacts, which can help you advocate for supports based on your needs, regardless of whether or not a formal diagnosis has been made.

How does the Beyond Profiler promote inclusion?

The Beyond Profiler helps create inclusive environments by offering insights into how neurodivergent individuals think, learn, and interact. With this understanding, parents, educators, and professionals can provide tailored support that fosters inclusion in everyday settings.

How much does the Beyond Profiler cost?

The Beyond Profiler offers different pricing tiers based on your needs. You can choose between basic profiling, advanced features, and the NDIS add-on for Australian users. For detailed pricing information, please visit our pricing page or contact our support team.

How do I access the Beyond Profiler?

You can access the Beyond Profiler by visiting our website and signing up. Once registered, you’ll be able to complete the profiling assessments and receive personalized insights for better understanding and supporting neurodivergent individuals. Click here to get started: www.beyondprofiler.com

How long does it take to complete the Beyond Profiler?

The assessment process typically takes about 30 to 45 minutes to complete, depending on the individual’s unique needs. Once completed, the profiler generates a personalized report that you can access immediately.

What if I need help using the Beyond Profiler?

We’re here to help! If you have any questions or need assistance, you can contact our support team via our Live Chat on the website.

Can I update or edit the profile after it’s created?

No, you can't update the profile once the report has been generated, however, as your child or the individual you support grows and changes, updating the profile by completing a new and current profile ensures that the insights and recommendations remain accurate and relevant.

Can you tell us what the multidimensional neurodiversity profiler is and how it works?

Beyond Profiler is a tool designed to give a holistic view of an individual’s functioning across key areas such as executive functioning, attention, sensory processing, social skills and emotional skills.  But it’s not just about developing the understanding, or outputting a spiky profile, it works by translating that understanding into actionable strategies for parents/carers, schools and support workers to make skill development and support easier and more doable. It helps people, educators, and families understand the unique strengths and needs of neurodiverse individuals, towards embracing inclusion in a real sense.

How is this different from other neurodiversity assessments available today?

What makes Beyond Profiler unique is its deep multidimensional approach that is translated into actionable strategies. Other tools are limited in that they are too narrow and simply output data, but Beyond Profiler considers a broader range of factors, including cognitive strengths, sensory preferences, communication styles, and emotional regulation and translates functioning outcomes into actionable strategies that are easy to implement. This gives a more comprehensive picture of an individual’s unique profile, rather than simply labelling them or pointing out a whole set of so called ‘deficits’. Another key feature is the NDIS Add-On which is also unique to Beyond Profiler and one that empowers parents to advocate for their child within support meetings.

Who can benefit from using this profiler?

Our current release of Beyond Profiler is the child version and is designed for parents, to help them better understand and support their child at home. For educators, it provides valuable insights into students' support needs within the school setting and how to action those. Also, Coordinators of Support, Social and Community Workers can use it to create more inclusive practices by understanding how to support their neurodivergent clients. One key feature is the NDIS Add-On, which builds on the information of the profiler to develop a report that identifies the level of supports that child needs across the 6 NDIS support categories and then provides information for parents on how to advocate for their child’s needs within those specific areas based on their level of need.

Can you share any specific features of the profiler that stand out?

Beyond Profiler is a strengths based, neuro-affirming and practical support tool. One of the key features is its ability to generate personalized profiles with actionable insights. For example, if someone has a strong visual learning preference but struggles with auditory processing, Beyond Profiler will highlight strategies that can support them. It also emphasizes positive traits, like problem-solving skills, which can often be overlooked. However, while our focus is on supporting neurodivergent individuals, the way Beyond Profiler is actually designed it can provide a unique profile of strengths and supports for any child, it’s not limited in that respect.

What impact do you hope the profiler will have on the neurodiverse community?

Our goal is to empower neurodivergent individuals, their families, and people within their network by providing them with a tool that helps articulate their strengths and needs in a clear, comprehensive way. We also hope it will increase awareness and understanding among educators, employers, and the broader community, so that inclusion moves beyond being a buzzword and becomes so much a part of life that it’s not necessarily a conscious act.

How was Beyond Profiler designed?

We worked closely with neurodivergent community, with neurodivergent individuals, experts, and advocates throughout the development process to ensure the profiler is respectful and empowering. We incorporated these consultations with years of clinical experience in working with neurodivergent clients and families in our allied health clinics and also within the HR space. We did research and work with some of Australia’s top performing large companies and individuals within those companies, to more fully understand the current workplace environment and it’s particular challenges with neurodiversity inclusion. We also spent a lot of time at a variety of private and public schools and early childhood centres to understand their unique environment’s needs with understanding and supporting neurodivergence. It’s not about labelling or ‘fixing’ people, but rather celebrating their differences and providing insights that help them thrive in their own unique way.