For your child

Yes, there is a version of this for your child

You went looking for the Safe and Sound Protocol for your child, not for yourself. It exists. Unyte makes children's playlists and I am licensed to deliver them. What changes is how: a child's round is planned and paced by a provider reading their response, not bought once and pressed play on alone.

Delivered by Sangheetha Parthasarathy, a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and certified SSP provider who homeschools her own two daughters.

See how a child's round works

₹25,000 once, 3 months, guided. Remote across India and the diaspora, in six languages.

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How a child's round actually works

  1. We start with your child, not a form. Age, diagnosis if there is one, what noise does to them, how they sleep, what a hard day looks like from the outside. That is what sets the playlist and the pace.
  2. You listen too. Your round runs alongside theirs, because a child borrows steadiness from the adult in the room before they can make their own.
  3. The listening happens at home, with you running it and me guiding. We start shorter than you would expect, often a few minutes, and the day's session ends when their body says so rather than when the clock does.
  4. We adjust every week on the calls. A child's response is read week to week, and the pace changes when the response does. That is the part an app cannot do.

What we are actually aiming at

Not a different child. A child whose nervous system is not braced all day. That usually shows up in ordinary, unglamorous ways: noise stops emptying the room, a meltdown ends in ten minutes instead of an hour, the shift from screen to dinner to bed stops being three fights, sleep arrives without a two-hour runway.

This is not a treatment for autism or ADHD and it does not make a child neurotypical. It works underneath all of that, on how much threat their system is registering in a normal day. When that setting comes down, the other supports you are already paying for, OT, speech, school accommodations, therapy, tend to land better, because your child is not fighting their own alarm while trying to use them.

Why it is not sold as an app here

The boundary is the same one, said as an offer

The self-serve product on this site is for the adult listener, and that has not changed. A child cannot always tell you they have had enough before their body shows it, so somebody has to read the response and slow it down in time. That is provider work, and it is why the children's route runs through Naadham, the guided program, rather than through a one-click checkout. Same clinical line as always. The difference is that this page tells you what you can have instead of only what you cannot.

What it has done for other families

"One person's dysregulation was setting the tone for the whole household, tension building faster than anyone could name it. After doing Safe and Sound Protocol together as a family, they found it noticeably easier to co-regulate as a unit, calming each other down instead of setting each other off."

— A family with more than one dysregulated member, Unyte case study

Price

One payment, no subscription
₹25,000 / one payment

3 months of access, guided rather than self-serve

  • Full Safe and Sound Protocol app access
  • Weekly live calls, where your child's pace gets set and adjusted
  • 19 self-paced video lessons on ADHD, neurodivergence and trauma from a South Asian perspective
  • A delivery plan for your child, worked out with Sangheetha before any listening starts

A few safety questions first, about a minute. They are about you, because you are a listener too. Your child's side is covered in the intake.

Rather ask before you buy? Tell us about your child → A real person reads it and replies by email.

Before you start, for whoever is listening

These need a doctor's okay first, or mean SSP should not be used, and they apply to your child exactly as much as to you:

  • History of epilepsy, seizures, brain tumors or other neurological conditions
  • Active psychotic or psychiatric episodes, or antipsychotic medication
  • A diagnosis of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia
  • Active thoughts of self-harm (please contact a crisis helpline instead: Tele-MANAS 14416, or in the US, 988)
  • Perforated or ruptured eardrum, stapedectomy, or tympanostomy tubes
  • Autoimmune or other chronic conditions
  • Tinnitus, misophonia or hyperacusis (severe auditory sensitivity)

That last one cuts both ways for ND kids, and it is worth saying out loud rather than leaving you to guess. Sound sensitivity is one of the most common reasons parents land on this page. Severe auditory sensitivity is also on the caution list. Which side of the line your child is on is a real clinical question, and it is one of the first things the intake settles.

And how are you doing?

Almost everyone who finds this page is the mother. You have read more about your child's nervous system in the last two years than most people read about anything. The sensory profile, the triggers, the school meetings, the diet theories, the 1am searches. You are the household's expert on their regulation.

Nobody has asked about yours.

That is not a line about self-care, and it is not a suggestion that you are the problem. It is closer to the opposite. You are the nervous system your child borrows from all day, so your own state is not a side issue to their progress, it is part of the mechanism. Most mothers who arrive here for their child start a round of their own somewhere along the way, and quite often that is the part that changes the house.

Common questions

Is the Safe and Sound Protocol a treatment for autism or ADHD?

No. SSP works on the nervous system's threat setting, which is why what shifts is usually sensory reactivity, how long a meltdown lasts, how transitions go, how sleep starts. It does not remove a diagnosis and it is not a replacement for OT, speech, or school support. What parents often report is that those things get easier to use, because the child is not fighting their own alarm the whole time.

Can I just buy the app and run the children's playlists myself?

Not here. A child's round is paced on their response, week to week, and a child cannot always tell you they have had enough before their body does. That reading is the provider's job. This is why the children's route runs inside Naadham, the guided program, and not through the self-serve checkout.

How old does my child need to be?

Children and teenagers, and the right starting point depends far more on the child than on their age. Sorting that out is part of the intake, and if this is not the right time for your child we will tell you that.

Do I have to do the protocol too?

You are a listener in the program, yes. Partly because children co-regulate, they borrow calm from the nearest steady adult before they can generate their own. Partly for a blunter reason: you are the one running the sessions at home, and a parent who is running on empty cannot read a child's response well. Many parents tell us their own round is what changed the house.

Can I start with something for myself instead?

Yes, and plenty of mothers do. The self-led option is three months of app access, you and the app, aimed at your own nervous system rather than your child's, with no calls and no schedule to keep. It is the lower-cost door and it is a real one, not a consolation prize: SSP for parents of ND kids. If you would rather spend nothing yet, start with the free check.

What if my child will not keep headphones on?

Very common, and it is a pacing question rather than a dealbreaker. We start with whatever they will tolerate, sometimes a minute, and build from there. If headphones are a hard no right now, say so at intake and we will decide together whether this is the right moment to start.

My child is very sensitive to sound. Is that a reason to do this, or a reason not to?

Both, and which one applies to your child is a real question rather than a formality. Sound sensitivity is one of the most common reasons parents come here. Severe auditory sensitivity, tinnitus, misophonia and hyperacusis are also on the list of things that need a doctor's clearance before starting. Where your child sits on that line is one of the first things we work out.

What headphones do we need?

Standard over-ear headphones, not noise-cancelling ones. Earbuds and noise-cancelling headphones filter the sound in ways that work against the protocol.

Which languages do you work in?

Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and English. Sessions are remote, so families in India and across the diaspora are both served.

Is this therapy?

No. It is a nervous system protocol with a provider pacing it, and the calls track how your child and you are responding. If something surfaces that needs clinical care, we will say so and point you to a mental health practitioner. That is outside the scope of this program.

What if I need a refund?

Refunds are issued if program access fails to activate. Once access is working, we do not offer refunds for a completed purchase, so it is worth being sure this is the right fit before you start.

₹25,000 one payment 3 months, guided, no subscription