Synopte

Cathy is the mother of a visually impaired boy with a disorder on the autism spectrum. With The Synopte^®, she has finally found a tool that she can adapt as her child’s needs evolve. For her son and for her, it is very reassuring not to have to constantly look for a new tool but to simply modify the tool they have according to the evolution of their needs.

Melissa is an educator at a Montessori school. His students are between 3 and 6 years old. They are in the so-called “representative” phase of the structuring of time : they need to visualize, locate, estimate, measure and memorize. According to her, at this stage of the child’s cognitive development, The Synopte^® is an essential tool to solidly construct the notion of time.

Serge is a globetrotter. His work regularly leads him to regions of the world very far from his Parisian home. The Synopte^® is the ideal way for him to display on the same dial the time difference between his local rhythm and the rhythm of his family in Paris (yellow for day, and black for night). He can thus clearly visualize on the dial (in pink) the two time slots during which he can video call his family each day !

Benjamin is resolutely opposed to the dictatorship of time : the quasi-obligation to always have to manage his time (organize, optimize and control it) exhausts him and decreases his productivity. To relieve stress and unleash his creativity, he used only soft colours on his Synopte^®, a few hour markers, and some unicorns, to the delight of his 5-year-old daughter ! With this clock, he feels that he has gained a lot in terms of quality of life and family harmony !

Loïc is a team leader in a production workshop. He must manage schedules rigorously and methodically. As his teams are running in 3 x 8, a 24-hour clock was needed to facilitate coordination between each team. Using a very precise color code, everyone now checks off the task they have just completed directly on the Synopte^®’s dial, which considerably improves monitoring and responsiveness in the event of a problem.

Alice is an occupational therapist at a rehabilitation centre. Thanks to The Synopte^®, she has enabled Pierre, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, to regain maximum autonomy. By presenting The Synopte^® as a tool that has nothing to do with a traditional clock, Alice allowed Pierre to appropriate it very quickly and to keep the main points of reference that structure his day. He is less anxious and can anticipate events again. For him, the playful side of this tool clearly contributes to giving meaning to the passing of time !