Sylva

Personalised support for neurodivergent families Mornings can feel like an uphill battle. A change of plan can spark a meltdown. Bedtimes drag on for hours, homework ends in tears, and the advice everyone swears by rarely fits. That’s not parents getting it wrong. Most advice simply wasn’t built with neurodivergent children in mind. Sylva is a family support app that learns your child, your family and your day-to-day reality. Parents share what they’re seeing, at home and at school, and Sylva helps them make sense of their child’s behaviour and needs, find practical ideas that fit their home, and feel prepared for meetings with school. It’s designed with families navigating autism and ADHD in mind, whether or not there’s a formal label. WHO IT’S FOR Sylva is for parents and carers who have read the books, tried the charts and joined the groups, and still feel like nothing fits their child. It’s for families where a child is fine at school but falls apart the moment they get home. Where getting out of the door in the morning feels like a marathon before 9am. Where big feelings over tiny changes leave everyone walking on eggshells. And for parents who are running on empty, second-guessing every decision and tired of being told their child “seems fine”. WHY GENERIC SUPPORT FALLS SHORT Parenting books and courses are written for “a child”, not your child. Online groups offer validation, but the advice is inconsistent and what worked for one family rarely transfers to another. General AI tools can sound empathetic, but they forget your child the moment you close the tab, so you start from scratch every time. Sylva is different because it holds the context: your child’s strengths, the situations they find hard, what you’ve already tried and what happened. HOW SYLVA HELPS → Make sense of what’s going on. Reflect on your child’s behaviour and the needs underneath it, so you can stop guessing and start responding with confidence. → Practical ideas that fit. Tailored to your child’s strengths, the situations they find hard, your daily routine and your family set-up. Ideas you can try tonight, not a list of twenty things to read. → Support for the whole family. Specialist AI parenting mentors help with day-to-day parenting, getting on the same page with a co-parent, rebuilding calm and connection with siblings and wider family, and making routines easier when focus, time and organisation are hard. → Look after yourself too. Offload after a tough day, notice your own patterns and find simple ways to steady your own big feelings, so you can respond the way you want to. → Walk into school meetings prepared. Summarise what you’re seeing, work out what to ask for and find the words to make your case with teachers and SENCOs. → It remembers. Every conversation picks up where the last one left off. The more you share, the more specific and useful the support becomes. HOW IT WORKS Download Sylva on iOS or Android, or use it on the web. Tell Sylva about your family and the challenges that keep coming up. Get personalised support from your very first conversation. Come back whenever something new comes up, whether that’s a change at school, a tricky week at home or a meeting to prepare for. BUILT BY A PARENT LIVING THIS Sylva was founded by Ben Cosh, a parent who spent five years reading more than 100 books on psychology, neurodiversity and child development because the system couldn’t give his family the help they needed. Sylva is the support he wished had existed. Sylva is developed with input from parents, clinicians and researchers, and content is reviewed and updated regularly. It has been independently tested against 2,069 real-world scenarios with 100% safeguarding detection accuracy, and responses were rated 4.81 out of 5 for empathy by experienced professionals. As featured in BBC News. SAFETY AND PRIVACY Family conversations are personal, and Sylva treats them that way. Information is kept confidential and protected by data security and safeguarding processes. Sylva signposts to crisis services and helplines for anyone who needs immediate human support. SCREENING & MONITORING MODULE Sylva also includes a Screening & Monitoring Module with 65+ questionnaires covering child wellbeing, parent wellbeing and family life. The Screening & Monitoring Module is a UKCA-marked Class I medical device registered with the MHRA. PRICING 7 days free, then an optional monthly subscription. Cancel anytime. Sylva is not a diagnostic or treatment tool, or a substitute for medical advice. Seek professional help for any urgent concerns.