A school’s guide to using Lumi Nova: Effective & Fun Digital Therapeutic Intervention for improving pupil anxiety.

Who Lumi Nova is for

Targeted at: 7 - 12 year olds (Years 3-7)

For Children who may:

  • May lack confidence to try new things

  • Seem unable to face simple everyday challenges

  • Find it hard to concentrate

  • Have problems with sleeping or eating

  • Have angry outbursts

  • Have negative thoughts about what’s going to happen

  • Avoiding everyday activities, eg. going to school, seeing friends

  • Become irritable, tearful or clingy

Not suitable for:

  • Young people who do not have parent, carer, guardian or trusted adult supervision

  • Young people who are currently experiencing suicidal thoughts or are at risk of self harm

  • Young people that have severe anxiety or are in crisis

  • Young people with severe mental health symptoms or diagnoses, who are not supported by a healthcare professional.

  • Young people with disabilities preventing them from using a mobile device

    See Instructions For Use.

Recommended usage:

  • Child-led, parent/carer/trusted adult-supported

  • Downloaded onto device child has easy access to

  • Parent/carer to shortlist three goals for their young person; and

  • Support their child during real life challenges by unlocking, helping to organise and approving challenges.

Frequency: ~30 mins 2-3 times a week for 8-12 weeks

Benefits of using Lumi Nova

  • Instant access to highly effective therapy (CBT-based)

  • Facilitates psychoeducation & exposure therapy (highly effective for common mental health conditions inc. social, separation anxiety, phobias)

  • Development funded by NHS England

  • CE marked medical device (MHRA)

  • Works on most smartphones and tablets (iOS and Android)

Giving access

Onboarding parents and children

Helps pupils learn life-long skills to
self-manage worries and build resilience

  1. The child will need parent/guardian’s help to download and start playing the game.

  2. There’s a variety of challenges in the game and some are out of the game.

  3. Parent/guardian will receive SMS notifications prompting them to support their child in planning the out of game challenges.

Request resources

Lumi Nova case study video

FAQs

  • Lumi Nova is designed to help children and young people with mild to moderate levels of anxiety. If your child struggles with worry, they may seem to fear the worst in specific situations, they may lack the confidence to cope with new challenges in those situations, and they may even often complain of tummy aches, muscle aches, or headaches in response to a specific worry. 

    Lumi Nova is not suitable to help children or young people with complex needs or whose generalised worry prevents them from participating in most day-to-day activities. It is not designed to help young people in crisis.

Have a question or need support?

Contact support@bfb-labs.com