For schools
You can't support every child you can't see.
Suwa Signal gives schools an early attention signal for children who may need a follow-up — before a crisis, not after. Structured. Evidence-based. Built for the realities of Sri Lankan pastoral care.
The gap
Hundreds of students. One counsellor. No early warning system.
Pastoral care in most schools is built on observation and intuition. A teacher notices something. A student confides in a friend. A parent calls. By the time a concern reaches the counsellor, it has already been visible — or invisible — for weeks.
The students who need the most help are often the ones least likely to ask for it. They internalise. They manage. They say they're fine. And they fall through the gaps of a system that was never designed to catch them.
Suwa Signal doesn't replace your counsellor. It gives your counsellor something they've never had: a structured picture of how every child in the cohort is doing — built from the child's own voice, the teacher's observation, and the parent's perspective. So that when you act, you act early.
What it does
Structure for pastoral care. Signal before crisis.
Weekly check-ins
Age-appropriate check-ins from every child
Children aged 6–11 complete our Suwa Signal custom check-in — 10 emoji-scale questions, under 5 minutes. Children aged 12–17 complete the WHO-5 Wellbeing Index — 5 questions about the past two weeks, clinically validated for adolescents. Both build a personal baseline over time. No disruption to the school day.
Adult observations
SDQ-25 from teachers, PSC-17 from parents
Teachers complete the SDQ-25 a few times per year — 25 items across five behavioural domains, 5–10 minutes. Parents complete the PSC-17 from home — 17 questions covering emotions, attention, and behaviour, under 5 minutes. Together, these add the adult observation layer.
Attention signals
Signals for your counsellor
When a pattern shifts — across multiple check-ins, not one bad week — your counsellor receives a quiet signal for that child. Not an alarm. Not a diagnosis. Just: "This student might be worth a follow-up conversation."
The flow
From enrolment to early signal — here's what actually happens.
School enrols a cohort
A school counsellor or administrator registers the school and defines the cohort — a year group, a class, or the whole school. Setup takes a single session.
Parental consent is collected
Before any child is enrolled, their parent or guardian must give explicit consent. Suwa Signal handles the consent flow digitally. No child is active in the system without a parent saying yes.
Students complete weekly check-ins
Once a week — in a classroom kiosk session facilitated by a teacher, or via their own device — students answer short, age-appropriate questions. Takes under 2 minutes.
Teachers and parents complete their questionnaires
A few times a year, teachers complete the SDQ-25 — 25 items across five domains, 5–10 minutes, available in Sinhala and Tamil. In parallel, parents complete the PSC-17 from home. Both are done digitally.
The counsellor receives attention signals
As patterns emerge across the combined picture, the counsellor's dashboard surfaces students whose patterns have shifted. Quiet, specific, and actionable.
The counsellor decides what to do
Suwa Signal does not direct clinical decisions. It surfaces patterns. The counsellor decides whether to reach out, involve a parent, or refer to a clinical professional.
The instruments
Not built on guesswork. Built on validated tools.
Suwa Signal uses three internationally validated instruments across the school use case.
Teacher-completed
SDQ-25
Designed for practitioner observation. Used by schools, NGOs, and community health workers in over 60 countries. Available in Sinhala and Tamil. Covers five domains: emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity-inattention, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behaviour. Takes 5–10 minutes.
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
Parent-completed
PSC-17
Designed for caregiver completion at home. 17 questions covering three domains: internalising (mood, worry), attention, and externalising (behaviour, conduct). Under 5 minutes. Captures home-context behaviour that teachers cannot see.
Pediatric Symptom Checklist — short form
Student self-report
Child check-in
Ages 6–11: Suwa Signal custom check-in — 10 emoji-scale questions, built for younger children. Ages 12–17: WHO-5 Wellbeing Index — 5 questions about the past two weeks, validated by the World Health Organization. Both build a personal baseline over time.
Age-differentiated, weekly
Data protection
Your students' data stays protected. Here's exactly how.
Anonymous identifiers
Students are never stored by full name in the Suwa Signal system. Anonymous IDs are used throughout. The school retains the mapping between ID and student identity, held on the school's own records.
Consent-gated at every step
No student is enrolled without parental consent. The consent flow is built into the onboarding — it cannot be skipped. Schools cannot bypass this gate.
PDPA 2022 compliant
All data is processed in compliance with Sri Lanka's Personal Data Protection Act 2022. Data is not sold, shared with advertisers, or used for any purpose outside the stated wellbeing programme.
Not a diagnostic tool
Suwa Signal produces attention signals — observations about patterns over time. It never produces diagnoses, clinical assessments, or scores that should be communicated to parents as clinical findings.
What you get
Here's what your counsellor sees.
Individual student timeline
A visual record of each child's check-in pattern over time, flagged when it shifts significantly.
Cohort attention signal list
A prioritised view of students whose patterns suggest follow-up, updated weekly.
SDQ-25 composite view
Combined teacher and parent SDQ data per student, available for your records.
Exportable records
For case notes, safeguarding files, or referral documentation.
2026 pilot
What it means to join the 2026 pilot.
Suwa Signal's first Sri Lanka pilot launches in 2026 with a small group of schools. Pilot schools get full access to the platform at no cost during the pilot period, direct support from our team, and the chance to shape how the product evolves for the Sri Lankan school context.
We're looking for schools that:
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Have a counsellor, pastoral care lead, or welfare officer who will champion the programme
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Can commit a cohort of at least one year group for the pilot period
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Are willing to give us honest feedback — including when things don't work
We're not looking for perfect conditions. We're looking for real ones.
Is it right for you?
Is Suwa Signal right for your school right now?
It may be right for your school if:
- → You have a pastoral care or counselling function that is currently reactive
- → You have a teacher or counsellor who could facilitate weekly check-ins
- → You're able to obtain parental consent from families in the cohort
- → You're in Sri Lanka (first pilot region) or planning ahead for rollout
It may not be the right fit if:
- → Your school has no counselling or welfare capacity at all (Suwa Signal signals — someone still needs to respond)
- → You're looking for a clinical assessment tool (we surface patterns; we don't diagnose)
- → You need an immediate implementation (the pilot cohort is small and selective)
Start a conversation
Start a conversation. No commitment required.
Fill in the form below and we'll reach out within a few days for an initial conversation. No sales deck. No pressure. Just an honest discussion about whether Suwa Signal is the right fit for your school and your students.