Deeper understanding. More possibilities.

Look beneath the behavior.
Find where to begin.

Function by Design helps caregivers and professionals move from “something is hard for this child” to the foundational systems worth exploring — then to a practice plan someone can actually use at home, and a record of what changed.

Educational and developmental exploration tool. Not a medical or clinical diagnosis. This describes patterns in what you observed — it does not identify a condition.

An adult and child working together
REFINE™Look beneath the behavior. Find where to begin.

The REFINE™ process

Six stages, in order, every time.

Transparent weighted scoring — not generative guesswork. Every number traces back to an answer you gave, and you can see exactly how it was calculated.

What is REFINE?

One connected product

Learn → Refine → Act → Connect → Observe → and refine again.

01

Learn

Understand what sits underneath the behavior.

02

Refine

Turn observations into foundational areas to explore.

03

Act

Choose a targeted, explained support activity.

04

Connect

Providers assign plans; caregivers carry them out.

05

Observe

Record what happened, and refine from there.

Function by Design

Educational and developmental exploration tool. Not a medical or clinical diagnosis, and no HIPAA, FERPA or security compliance claim is made.