Centre Élan’s app, for children, teens, their parents and their teachers.
Every brain has its own élan.
Élan Minds is the app from Centre Élan Neurothérapie, designed for children and teenagers with ADHD, autism (ASD), specific learning difficulties or tics, and for everyone who supports them day to day: their parents and their teachers.
Games to train the brain while having fun, step-by-step coaching for parents, practical tools to adapt lessons in class: everyone moving forward together, at home, at school and at the centre.
Every week at the centre, I support neurodivergent children, teenagers and adults. Between sessions, families often ask me the same questions: how can I help my child at home, in practical terms? How can I explain the way they function to the school? What can we do, starting tonight?
Élan Minds grew out of these questions. The aim: to extend support into everyday life, with simple, reliable tools designed for neurodivergent brains, and to bring together everyone who helps the child move forward.
Sarah Dehan, neurotherapist, founder of Centre Élan Neurothérapie
Everyone has their own space, suited to their role and needs.
An app shaped by hands-on practice, for families and the professionals around them.
Informed by daily practice at the centre since 2018 and by neuroscience research.
A clean interface, highly readable fonts, short instructions, brief sessions: nothing that overloads or discourages.
A warm world for children, and a teen world that doesn’t talk down to them.
Parents, teachers and the practitioner work towards the same goals, each with their own tools.
Advice based on research and official recommendations, with no miracle promises.
Short sessions and no more than one step a day: play a little each day, then close the app. The most important part then happens in real life.
Élan Minds is not a diagnostic tool. It does not replace medical or allied health care, or any treatment. It is a training and support tool that complements existing care, alongside the professionals around the child.
Subscribers to The Élan Neuro Letter: a free 1-month trial of every area of the app at launch.
The app is being finalised. Sign up for the centre’s newsletter to hear when it launches and claim your free month, and get our free guide “Attention and sleep in children with neurodevelopmental conditions” straight away (both in French).
