Is The Hyphen Project a good fit for your family?

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  Your situation (choose one)

  • A.
    You've been around the block over a long period of time - getting help for your teen from psychologists, tutors, doctors, learning support staff, deans, mental health services - and nothing has really made a lasting difference
  • B.
    It's really only the last year or so that things have become tough for your teen with school refusal, mental health challenges, and increasing social isolation
  • C.
    There has been no major change for your teen in recent years, it's just that you are now looking to find an option for them that suits them as you look ahead to their adulthood
• 2.
  Your teen's schooling situation (tick all that apply)

  • A.
    Your teen is not in mainstream school - they have left school prior to finishing Year 13 or they are studying via Te Kura, are homeschooling, or are enrolled in health school
  • B.
    Your teen has finished Year 13
  • C.
    Your teen is enrolled in Year 11, 12 or 13 and is attending sufficiently
  • D.
    Your teen receives or has received teacher aide support or ORS funding to participate in school
• 3.
  Neurodivergence (choose one)

  • A.
    Your teen has been diagnosed with ADHD, is autistic, and/or has learning challenges such as dyslexia
  • B.
    You or others suspect your teen has ADHD, is autistic or has specific learning challenges
  • C.
    Your teen has no diagnoses but is highly sensitive and experiences significant anxiety
  • D.
    Your teen has an intellectual disability
• 4.
  Talents and interests (tick any statements that apply)

  • A.
    Your teen has worked on a significant project over a long period of time - eg: building a motorbike, making a documentary, developing an original online game, building a pet minding business, advocating for a cause etc
  • B.
    Your teen has been assessed by an educational psychologist at some point and has been identified as gifted or twice-exceptional - with some scores in the 95th percentile or above (usually fluid reasoning)
  • C.
    Your teen has achieved something unusual for their age - excelling quickly in an area of interest, achieving outstanding results for specific school subjects, or receiving awards, recognition or public attention for something they have done
  • D.
    Your teen is highly creative and has always preferred to invent, design or make things in their own original way rather than follow a set formula (from making lego, baking and playing games to going about everyday tasks, school tasks, and doing projects)
  • E.
    Your teen has many interests, strong curiosity, a deep sense of justice, huge compassion and/or a hilarious sense of humour
  • F.
    Even in childhood or young adulthood, your teen has shown leadership, initiative and entrepreneurial skills
  • G.
    Your teen has one or two specific interests that they focus on and spend all their available free time doing
  • H.
    None of the above apply
• 5.
  Where your teen is at with it all (choose one)

  • A.
    Your teen has ideas about what they want to do but there is no obvious programme or support available to help them get there so they are at a bit of a loss. They feel deeply frustrated - with themselves, with others, or with systems that just don't make sense and don't allow them to demonstrate their talents.
  • B.
    Your teen has no clarity about what they want to do or where to go next - they are interested in lots of things, but hesitant about making a choice, or worried it might not be possible for them to succeed. They are stuck and are open to getting help to move forward.
  • C.
    Your teen is happy where they are. They would prefer not to take the next steps into their future, or even talk about it - they prefer the safety of what is familiar and safe.

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Your teen is just the sort of square peg that thrives in our environment

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  It sounds like your teen is one of our people! They are clearly brilliant, have neurodivergent needs that need to be catered for in the right way, and are ready to take the next step - they just need to find a safe and inspiring place to do that in!
• 2.
  Your teen is still a bit of a mystery

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  There are indications that your teen has some of the characteristics that are typical of the young people we work with, but it's not clear. More discovery work would need to be done to determine the extent of their talents/interests, their flavour of neurodivergence and/or if they are ready to start working towards independence.
• 3.
  Your teen would be better served in alternative programmes

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  It's really important to us, and hopefully for you, that we set our young people up for success. The last thing your teen needs is to be in an environment where they don't fit in. It's essential that the teens in our programme are all exceptionally brilliant in some way - that's the very aspect of them that we focus on in our programme. And without that, they would feel overwhelmed in our environment - not least when we indulge in deep philosophical debate and discussion. It's also essential that they want to be independent - if they are resisting moving forward, preferring the comfort and safety of home, they need support that is more long term and has a different focus than ours.