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Solution Overview

Solution Name:

NeeKids

One-line solution summary:

Virtual assistant that recommends educational programs adapted to the special educational needs of the child.

Pitch your solution.

Working with special educational needs is expensive in time, effort and money.

Millions upon millions of resources are released every year, ans parents and professionals need to pick the right ones for every child needs.

Our recommendation system and virtual assistant makes this process fast, easy, and affordable.

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What specific problem are you solving?

2 out of 5 children have special educational needs. Around 900 hundred million in the world

They require specialized programs and strategies adapted to their individual needs to not fall behind. And parents, special schools, and educational professionals don't have the time, the know-how, or the resources to give this personalized education for every child all the time.

In LATAM only 3% of schools have special educational needs programs.

This is causing many children to fall behind, with NeeKids we can close this gap, and bring a tool to every school, and every home school that enables carers to personalized programs and strategies for every child neurodidactic profile.

What is your solution?

NeeKids is a SaaS platform that performs neurodidactic and neuropsychological tests, recommending the best educational programs, resources and strategies for every child neurodidactic profile.

We have our proprietary algorithms for recommendations, and a brand new innovation in special education assessmet methodology called the "Neurodidactic Tree"

Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

Right now millions of parents are distressed for their child's school performance. Because they have special educational needs. And everyday, thousands of educational resources are released to these 17 billion dollar market. But parents don’t know which one is the best for their child special need.

We serve those parents and education professionals, that need a platform to use R.P.A and recommendatiuon systems to get the best help for their apprentices.

We are currently working with many parents with educational needs, and special education solution distributors, we do weekly semminars, and meet online with school directos since before covid started.

At the moment we have gathered a lot of insights to drive our solution to the pain points in our niche market: special education schools, home schools, hospital schools, and individual pedagogic practices.

Which dimension of the TPrize Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Promote the assessment and recognition of skills developed outside the formal educational system

Explain how the problem you are addressing, the solution you have designed, and the population you are serving align with the TPrize Challenge.

Our solution is aligned with the following challenge: "Promote the assessment and recognition of skills developed outside the formal educational system".

Learning disabilities, learning difficulties, and special educational needs, are areas of education that focus on specific variables to help a child improve over his neurodiversity and individual characteristics. For this reason we want our tool to be in the hands of every special education teacher, and parent that needs it.

This is why we created our methodology "The Neurodidactic Tree", and is being built on, and validated constantly by fellow teachers and researchers, based on 60 years on neurodidactic investigation.

In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?

Santiago, Chile

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Growth: An organization with an established product, service, or business model rolled out in one or, ideally, several communities, which is poised for further growth.

Explain why you selected this stage of development for your solution.

We have a full fledge SaaS system, with all functionalities live, including our recommendation system, e-commerce platform, subscription system, neurodidatic profile assessments, automatic tests, and many more features.

We are currently working with the community of Pichilemu in Chile, and selling our platform to B2B and B2C customers.

We are still at an early stage, and validating our marketing methodologies for our niche, but growing at leat 20% every week in subscribers, prospects and clients.

Who is the Team Lead for your solution?

Simon P. Hernández Leal