Understanding how every child’s mind works — and training the people who help.
CCAN is the professional training, certification, and research centre of the NEPAS Ecosystem, advancing strengths-based child neurodivergence assessment from infancy through adolescence.
Three mandates, one mission.
We translate cognitive and affective neuroscience into practice that reaches the children who need it most.
Training
Rigorous, neuroscience-grounded programmes that equip professionals to assess and support neurodivergent children.
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Recognised practitioner certification in the AFRICNA and GLOCNA assessment pathways, with clear levels and recertification.
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Developing culturally-valid instruments and evidence for neurodevelopmental assessment in under-served contexts.
Our researchOne method. Two pathways.
Every practitioner learns the same evidence-based core — screening, multi-informant assessment, and intervention planning. The pathways differ only in cultural calibration, joined by a bridge module.
AFRICNA
Calibrated for African cultural, linguistic, and healthcare realities — built where standardised Western tools misfire.
- Normed for African epidemiology and multilingual contexts
- Community-health-worker compatible; no screen required
- Strengths-first profiling for families everywhere
GLOCNA
The same method generalised for practitioners anywhere — culturally adaptable rather than a single Western default.
- Adapts to any cultural and linguistic context
- Multi-informant across five developmental age bands
- Recognised for practitioners and institutions worldwide
Most children who need understanding never get it.
Standardised tools built elsewhere misfire on multilingual, low-resource populations; specialists are scarce; and stigma too often replaces support. CCAN exists to change that equation.
Part of something larger.
CCAN is the training and research engine of the NEPAS Ecosystem — working alongside partners that carry the mission from clinical care to global access and caregiver support.
The ecosystem hub through which all programmes are delivered.
Neurodiversity education and family & individual support.
Mission and community grounding in Nairobi.
Accessible, high-quality neurodevelopmental care that empowers children, supports families, and promotes inclusive education worldwide.
Empowering mothers and caregivers of neurodivergent children through guidance, emotional support, referrals, and community-based assistance.
Global fundraising that widens access to Neurowell clinical care for families who could not otherwise reach it. Support access
Train with CCAN. Change what assessment can do.
Join the practitioners bringing rigorous, humane child neurodivergence assessment to families — in your community and around the world.