Children know what safety feels like long before they have the words for it. They often respond automatically to its absence, without understanding the response, children have expressed feeling afraid, not able to stop it, or ashamed after.

Caregivers know what it takes to stay present in the middle of a hard moment, and what the ongoing demands often do to their capacity.  They recognise the limited opportunity to renew often effects their health and the sense of safety they help children to build.

The development of 'elegro' builds on this knowledge, additional experience gathered over a decade of working with children, caregivers and care organisations and underpinned by the research.

Elegro is a dual-use app developing emotion regulation and psychological safety capacity for children, and the people who care for children.

Before the app development continues, I want to hear directly from the parents, foster and kinship carers, youth workers, educators and practitioners caring for children.

There are three ways to contribute: a short survey, an individual conversation, or a 30 minute group discussion.

Each response shapes what 'elegro' becomes and how well it serves the children and caregivers.