After meeting the founders of Dalza and learning about their platform, we decided to feature the service on our website because we are convinced that it can be useful for improving the educational journey of autistic persons.
The below article is provided by the Dalza team and HASILUX is not affiliated with Dalza.
What is Dalza?
Dalza is an award-winning platform designed to transform the support of children with learning and thinking differences, such as autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyscalculia and many other challenges. Dalza simplifies collaboration and support for children and helps parents lead their child’s support with greater ease and clarity.
Dalza is available through both the website and Android or Apple app and is accessible using any kind of device. The platform ensures:
- Centralised information: a child’s records and progress notes are stored in one place and are accessible at any time.
- Control: parents can manage who has access to their child’s information and how they use Dalza.
- Communication: all updates and progress can be seen in real-time, including sending and receiving feedback and chats. The parent and the child’s entire support team will never miss an important development.
- Collaboration: parents can work directly with teachers, other professionals and anyone else supporting the child.
- Continuity: smooth transitions between team members and professionals to maintain a consistent approach to the child’s care.
Who can use Dalza?
Dalza can be used by everybody involved in supporting the child. The parent owns and controls their child’s space on Dalza and authorises and invites members of the support team to access their child’s space. Team members could include:
- Other family members
- Teachers & other educational staff members
- Therapists, psychologists, doctors and other healthcare professionals
- Other caregivers
As well as supporting children with autism and other learning and thinking differences, Dalza also supports children with other illnesses, disabilities or challenges. This could be a physical illness or struggles with mental health.
At Dalza, we recognise that every child, regardless of their challenges, deserves to have the personalised support they need.
How does Dalza make a difference?
Dalza allows every member of a child’s support team – parents, teachers, therapists and other professionals and caregivers – to achieve the following, together:
- Collaborate seamlessly
- Access and share key information digitally
- Monitor progress and provide support
- Communicate directly
- Engage in a neuro-positive, inclusive community
With Dalza, all the child’s information, learning journey and support needs are updated, on hand, and managed in one place.
Dalza is designed to lighten the load, not add to it, removing the stress and burden associated with care and administration so families can have peace of mind and focus on family well-being.
Frequently asked questions
Does a child need to have a formal diagnosis?
No, a child does not need to be formally diagnosed to use Dalza.
What happens if a child changes school, provider or moves to another country?
Dalza stays with the family. If a child moves school, changes provider, or even if the family moves to a different country, then all the information goes with them. Dalza enables the smooth transition between different schools and service providers.
Similarly, if a child’s therapist or doctor is based in another country, Dalza fully accommodates these members of the support team.
How can I access Dalza?
Dalza can be accessed from anywhere through web (www.dalza.com), iOS app (on the AppStore) or Android App (on the PlayStore) and can be used with any type of device.
Is my child’s information safe?
Dalza prioritizes data protection & security, privacy & confidentiality, in full compliance with GDPR and other data protection laws.
Is Dalza free to use?
Everybody gets a free 30-day trial.
Thanks to the support from the André Losch Foundation, if registration is completed via the website, the first 150 subscribers in Luxembourg will receive a full year’s free subscription.
After the free trial or free subscription, the monthly subscription is €20, or €228 for an annual subscription.
If a parent decides to leave Dalza, they can do so at any time. All the child’s data can be downloaded and given to the parent.
Impact and recognition
Dalza’s growing impact was recently recognized when it was named the Global Champion for Learning & Education at the World Summit Awards, selected from over 900 entries and 400 nominations from 105 countries.
Importantly, Dalza is officially accredited by the Luxembourg Government as a Social Impact Company (SIS). This means that their sole purpose is to achieve their social impact, and all profits are required to be re-invested into their mission.