CogniLab: A Therapeutic Building Set for Children with Speech Disorders

7. July 2026

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CogniLab: A Therapeutic Building Set for Children with Speech Disorders

Developmental language disorder, ADHD and autism spectrum disorders affect a growing number of preschool children. Yet therapy often remains fragmented – gross motor skills, fine motor skills and graphomotor training are treated separately, even though the brain connects them closely.

Vision

Jana Malíková wants therapeutic exercises to work not as isolated tasks, but as a natural connection between movement, speech and attention. The aim is to support cooperation between the two brain hemispheres as a whole, not slowly and piece by piece.

Gamechanger

CogniLab is a building set designed as a therapeutic aid for children with communication disorders and other neurological difficulties. It engages gross motor skills, fine motor skills and graphomotor skills at the same time, supporting hemispheric coordination. The product is being developed in cooperation with the Veslařská Special Speech Therapy Centre and the Neurology Department of Brno University Hospital Bohunice.

Who is it for?

For children with developmental language disorder, ADHD or autism spectrum disorders, and for speech therapists and other specialists who work with them.

What has worked so far?

CogniLab already has a functional prototype, ready for certification as a children’s toy. Jana presented it publicly for the first time at the Velvet Innovation Meetup.

Jana plans to start distributing CogniLab from 2027 and is looking for a manufacturer willing to produce the building set.

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