How Does The Hub Support This is Me?

Neurodiversity Hub Wirral

The Neurodiversity Hub Wirral is an online resource pack. This section about the Profiling Tool is part of the Hub.

The ND Hub is used to support families and professionals who may use This is Me to identify a child or young person’s neurodivergent strengths and needs.

  • Families can find support for both their child’s needs and their own. Each section of the Hub starts with a Getting Started section. This gives you a short overview of each topic. In each of the nine dimensions there is a More Information option. This gives extra details for those who want to learn more.

    Most sections also have specific options that relate to that topic. Sensory Processing and Sibling Zone have detailed tabs. Under Sleep, you’ll find tabs for Bedtime and Melatonin. Under Parent Space, you’ll find School Anxiety and Refusal. Hidden Profiles explores children and young people who may be masking, refusing school, or expressing themselves through behaviour. All of this information will be added week by week and the Hub will be complete by spring.

  • Schools can find tailored information in the Reasonable Adjustments zone. They may also benefit from reading the Hidden Profiles section.

  • Teenagers have their own Teenage Zone in nearly every section. They may also find the Friendships, Siblings, and Hiding in Plain Sight zones helpful.

  • Young adults have a dedicated section called My Independent Life. The Hiding in Plain Sight section may also offer useful insights.

Glossary, Printable Pages, and Easy Read Versions

The Hub will include a Glossary to explain words and terms that some people may not know.

Over time each page will have a printable version of the information on that page. You will be able to download it at the bottom of the page.

Easy Read versions will be created in the future too.

Easy Read makes information more accessible for people who:

  • Find reading and writing difficult

  • Have memory challenges

  • Use a second language

  • Feel overwhelmed by large blocks of text