One clear route from first concern to the right support.
Families and schools answer one shared set of questions. AuraTriage checks the referral is complete, shows the routes available in your local area, and gives you practical support from day one. A clinician always makes the final decision about any referral.
I'm a parent or carer
Tell us what you see at home. You answer once — you will not need to repeat your child's story to different services. You get support tools straight away, whatever the outcome.
I'm a school SENCO
Complete the matching five-minute classroom screener. Your observations join the family's answers in one record, so referrals are not returned for missing school evidence.
How it works
A shared screener
Built on validated tools (AQ-10, SCQ items) plus questions about daily life and safety. Parent and school answers join into one complete record. Wording is reviewed for children who mask their difficulties — a group screeners often miss, especially girls.
Urgency comes first
Safety concerns are flagged straight away. Standard cases see every route open to them — local NHS and Right to Choose — and a clinician approves every referral. Support does not depend on getting a diagnosis first.
The One-Page Profile
Your answers also create an "About Me" profile that belongs to your family — strengths, what helps, what a hard day looks like. Share it with a new teacher, a club, or a clinician. It stays useful long after any referral ends.
The EHCP bridge
The same structured record can be exported as supporting evidence for an Education, Health and Care needs assessment — so families do not have to gather the same information twice for health and for education.
Step 1 of 5 — About the child
You can go back at any time. Nothing is sent to anyone until you choose to send it.
About the child
These answers help us find the correct local pathway and forms for your area.
Used only to find your local NHS area and the correct referral route. This prototype does not store or send it.
Safety check
These questions come first so that urgent situations are seen straight away, instead of waiting in a queue.
Everyday differences
Based on validated screening questions (AQ-10 and SCQ items). Answer for how things usually are, not only recently. Some children show these differences less at school because they work hard to hide them — answer for what you see, even if others see something different.
How much does it affect daily life?
Support is decided by need and by how daily life is affected — not by a label. Please answer honestly, including about the hardest days.
In your own words
Scores never tell the whole story. These answers go, word for word, into the record the clinician reads — and into your child's One-Page Profile.
Referral record preview
This structured summary is what the reviewing clinician sees — built from your answers, nothing added.
A person decides, not the app. AuraTriage organises information and suggests a route. A GP or NHS triage clinician reviews everything and makes the referral decision. This tool does not diagnose autism.
About Me — One-Page Profile
This belongs to your family, not to the system. Share it with anyone who should understand your child — a new teacher, a club, a clinician. It stays useful even after any referral ends.
Where things are right now
The same view is visible to the family, the school and the GP — so nobody needs to telephone for updates.
Screener completed and joined
Parent and school answers joined into one record · 14 July
Reviewed and approved by GP
Dr Okafor approved the pre-filled referral pack in a 10-minute appointment · 17 July
In triage — Community Paediatrics
Completeness check passed: all required evidence is attached. Nothing more is needed from you right now.
Assessment appointment
Estimated wait on the chosen route: about 14 weeks. You will be told here as soon as a date is offered.
Outcome and next-step plan
Whatever the outcome, support continues — this record and your One-Page Profile stay with you.
Help that does not wait for a diagnosis
Under the SEND Code of Practice, support in school should be based on identified need — not on a diagnostic label. Everything here is available to everyone, whatever result the screener suggests.
Classroom sensory adjustment pack
Practical adjustments for noise, lighting, movement breaks and lesson changes — ready for the SENCO to use this week.
Sleep routines guide
Evidence-based bedtime routines for children with sensory sensitivities, developed with sleep charities.
Asking school for support now
Template letters and meeting notes for requesting SEN support today — no diagnosis needed.
EHC needs assessment guide
A plain-language guide to Education, Health and Care needs assessments, and how your AuraTriage record can support a request.
Local parent and carer groups
Peer support groups and family workshops in your area, matched to your postcode — including your local Parent Carer Forum.
If things become urgent
If someone is at risk of harm or in a mental health crisis, do not wait for the pathway — contact your GP, NHS 111, or 999 in an emergency.