Across home, school and everyday life
Room to belong.
Support to take part.
Helping the people around a child stay connected to what matters: feeling safe, being understood and finding ways to take part.
Get to know The Support Tree
Where we begin
There is more to a child
than what we see.
Every child brings their own strengths, experiences and ways of taking part. The people around them each hold a piece of that understanding.
The Support Tree starts with curiosity: what matters to this child, what is happening around them, and what could make the day a little easier?
Our work brings these questions into everyday life: making room for different ways to communicate and learn, preparing for change, and keeping helpful understanding connected between people.
Our roots
Growing from
lived experience.
The Support Tree began with our experience as parents, finding our way through school and support alongside the people who care for our family.
We know how much it matters to feel heard, and how much there can be to carry between home, school and appointments. That experience led us to ask how understanding could travel more easily between the adults around a child.
Our purpose is to help those adults stay connected, notice what helps and make room for children to take part in their own way.
Our experience as parents shapes this work. We share what we’re learning with care for our children’s privacy, dignity and right to tell their own stories.
The Support Tree app
Bringing understanding
into everyday support.
There can be a lot to hold between reports, conversations and everyday experience. We’re developing The Support Tree to help families, educators and other trusted adults bring useful understanding into a child’s day.
Our aim is to help adults turn relevant information from complex reports into practical classroom support, alongside what children communicate, what families know and what educators notice. The people supporting the child remain part of making sense of what may help.
That same purpose guides how we’re thinking about change: helping children know what to expect, giving them time and ways to prepare, and keeping familiar support close when routines, classrooms or trusted adults change.
A forthcoming book
The Me You Don’t See
A forthcoming book from The Support Tree.
This will be a place to get to know the book and find publication updates as they become available.
Can I buy the book yet?
The book is not available to purchase through this website yet. Publication and ordering details will be added when confirmed.
The Me
You Don’t See
Articles
Space to think
a little further.
We’ll share writing about understanding children and the everyday relationships around them. Our first articles are still being prepared.
How will articles be reviewed?
Each article is reviewed for care, clarity and usefulness before publication. Sources are included when we draw on research or guidance.