Juan Pablo Gallegos → Labs → Orbe
Orbe
Can therapeutic continuity for kids with a disability certificate survive outside the clinic — delivered to families over WhatsApp?
Why it matters
Kids with a disability certificate (CUD) receive therapy in scheduled sessions. But the work that actually moves the needle happens between those sessions — at home, in ordinary moments, with the family. That space is where continuity usually breaks.
Therapy hours are scarce and expensive, and families want to help but are handed little structure for what to do day to day. Orbe asks whether a therapist’s plan can reach a family as small, validated, doable activities — through a channel they already live in — without becoming one more app nobody opens.
Current status
What works
- Micro-activity delivery over WhatsApp, in daily use with pilot families
- Therapist-validated content rather than auto-generated suggestions
- Won Startup Weekend Rosario ’25 — problem validated with jury and mentors
- Families engage where they already are; no new app to install
Still open
- Scaling the content library beyond the first activity sets
- A lightweight therapist console for authoring and review
- Measuring adherence in a way clinicians trust
- The path from pilot to a sustainable model
System sketch
The loop is deliberately small. A therapist defines the plan; Orbe schedules and delivers it; the family acts and reports back; the therapist reviews and adjusts.
WhatsApp is the delivery surface, not the system. The content, scheduling, and the feedback record live behind it — so the channel can change without the model changing.
Decision log
- 2025 · early
WhatsApp over a dedicated app
Families won’t adopt one more app for an intermittent task. Meeting them on the channel they already use every day removes the single biggest point of drop-off.
- 2025 · build
Validated content over generated suggestions
In a care context, a plausible-but-wrong activity is a real risk. Every micro-activity is reviewed by a therapist before it can be delivered — trust is the product.
- 2025 · hackathon
Narrow the first wedge to one population
Rather than “therapy for everyone,” Orbe started with kids holding a CUD — a specific population with a clear continuity gap, where the value is legible to families and clinicians alike.
What changed
Next move
Grow the content library with therapists, build a lightweight authoring and review console, and define an adherence signal clinicians actually trust.
The open question for the next phase is sustainability: what model lets Orbe keep delivering continuity without putting cost back on the families who need it most.