Aide aux Personnes Neuroatypiques (support for neurodivergent people): helping pupils and their families.
The APN association works actively for children with neurodivergent conditions, especially those facing difficulties at school. These difficulties are often linked to learning difficulties, attention difficulties or anxiety. With school dropout on the rise, APN is taking action to offer tailored support. This support is innovative, inclusive and accessible.
Although often invisible, neurodivergent conditions can seriously disrupt a child’s schooling. They can have lasting effects on children’s wellbeing and development. APN’s aim is to support their inclusion at school and help monitor their progress. The association also offers brain-training methods that have been the subject of scientific research.
Biofeedback and qEEG neurofeedback are useful, non-invasive tools. They aim to help the brain find a better balance and can help people better regulate attention, emotions and behaviour in everyday life.
The APN association helps fund complementary methods such as biofeedback and neurofeedback. These methods are still rarely reimbursed by health insurance in France. The aim is to improve the quality of life and independence of people with learning or attention difficulties.
As part of its work for the wellbeing of neurodivergent pupils, the association allocates part of its funds to covering neurotherapy programmes and neurofeedback sessions. This spending mainly goes towards funding direct support for pupils. The aim is to improve their mental and cognitive wellbeing.
We bring this approach into schools. This helps transfer what is learned into everyday school life. The aim is also to help families by providing practical and financial help to cover care and support delivered in schools.
School dropout is often linked to learning difficulties, attention difficulties or anxiety. The APN association provides educational support for neurodivergent children in order to tackle this problem, supporting pupils throughout their school years. The aim is to prevent the difficulties that can lead to dropping out or to school refusal (school phobia).
Through targeted follow-up, the association makes sure that each child receives support tailored to their specific needs and learning pace. APN gives them the tools they need to succeed. The teams are actively working to bring in innovative brain-training projects. Brain mapping can help to organise pupils into groups suited to their cognitive needs.
Invisible disabilities affect a large part of the population but are still often misunderstood. The association works to raise public awareness of these realities. It aims to improve the recognition of neurodivergent conditions and to strengthen support for children and those around them.
APN supports families by providing resources and practical advice. At the same time, the association runs awareness activities for health professionals, teachers and the general public. These initiatives aim to build collective awareness of invisible disabilities. They also seek to break down stereotypes and to reduce stigma. Through education, the association promotes better inclusion at school for neurodivergent children.
We also plan to support scientific and medical research into these conditions.
