Children do best when the people around them share the same understanding.
We work with everyone around a child. Many Minds brings developmental science, clinical insight and lived experience to families, children, educators, school leaders and clinicians. Each program builds on the same ideas, so a child meets the same understanding at home, at school and in the clinic.
Many Minds
One Village
WHO WE ARE
Researchers, clinicians and parents.
Many Minds was founded by Dr Kristyn Sommer, a developmental scientist, and Amanda McCowan, an occupational therapist. We're both parents. We bring the research, the clinical practice and our own family lives to everything we make.
Everyone around a child learns the same ideas at the same time.
Our programs run side by side for families, children, educators, school leaders and clinicians. That way, everyone around a child is learning the same foundations together.
Educators
We run workshops, coaching and whole-school professional learning for teachers. We start from what you already know and build from there.
Families
Live workshops and parent evenings help you understand your child and work alongside their school. Our free guides and templates support you at home.
Children
Small, flexible programs let children make, play and move at their own pace. Just like our neuro-affirming afterschool club framework.
School leaders
Coaching and whole-school consulting help leadership teams plan inclusion across the whole school. Coming soon.
Clinicians
We offer professional learning for allied health and clinicians who work with children, families and schools. Coming soon.
OUR VALUES
How we show up.
Child-centred
Every decision starts from the child: their variability, their needs, their capacity to flourish when understood.
Simple by design
The most powerful ideas can be explained simply. We work hard to make complex science accessible to everyone it needs to reach.
Evidence-informed
We bring the science. Not rigid rules. Living, evolving knowledge that we hold with curiosity and share with humility.
Empowering, not prescriptive
We build your capacity to think, observe, and adapt, not your dependence on our answers.