The Support App for Parents of Children with ADHD or Autism
Thriive helps children grow up feeling understood, not broken.
Everyday support for families navigating ADHD, autism, and other neurodivergent profiles. Track the patterns, find strategies that actually fit, and feel one step ahead on the hard days.
What changes for parents of neurodivergent children
Without Thriive
- Growing up believing they're broken
- Falling behind and never understanding why
- Slipping through the cracks of a system not built for them
- Families feeling helpless watching it happen
With Thriive
- A child who understands how their brain works
- Parents who can advocate with confidence
- Strategies that actually fit, not generic advice
- A family that feels like a team
How Thriive supports parents of children with ADHD and autism
- Pattern Tracker: Log a tough moment in 30 seconds. Thriive surfaces the patterns behind ADHD and autism behaviours, so you can spot the triggers and respond earlier.
- Strategy Library: Real strategies for ADHD and autism, matched to your child's profile. Not generic advice.
- Visual Routine Builder: Step-by-step routines for the moments that usually go sideways. Mornings, bedtime, homework.
- Daily Check-ins: A 30-second mood check that builds a picture of how your child is really doing over time.
- Shareable Reports: Take real evidence to your GP, school, or therapist when it matters.
- The Hive: A community of parents who actually get it.
How Thriive helps parents, and how it helps their children
For parents
Understand your child like never before. Advocate with confidence. Stop feeling like you're figuring it out alone.
For children
Feel seen. Understand how your own brain works. Build a profile that's yours.
Neurodivergent conditions Thriive supports
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Daily Sensory Diet
Your child is frequently overwhelmed or seeks intense sensory input
Steps
- Observe patterns: does your child SEEK or AVOID sensory input?
- Schedule regular sensory breaks throughout the day
- For seekers: jumping, spinning, heavy work (carrying books, pushing trolley)
- For avoiders: quiet space, noise-cancelling headphones, dim lighting
- Keep a sensory toolkit bag for outings: fidgets, sunglasses, ear defenders
What you need
Sensory toolkit (fidgets, ear defenders, chewelry), observation notes
Why it works
Children with Sensory Processing differences and Autism process sensory information differently — some seek intense input while others are overwhelmed by it. A sensory diet provides regular, planned sensory input throughout the day, preventing the build-up that leads to meltdowns or shutdown.
Age guidance
Beneficial from age 2 onwards. An occupational therapist can create a tailored sensory profile, but you can start observing patterns yourself immediately.
Real-world example
A parent who started scheduling 'heavy work' breaks (carrying shopping bags, pushing a wheelbarrow) before challenging activities found that their child could sit through dinner and homework with significantly less fidgeting. The right sensory input at the right time made all the difference.
Troubleshooting
- Sensory needs change day to day, so stay flexible
- An occupational therapist can do a full sensory profile assessment
- Schools can implement sensory breaks too. Ask the learning support coordinator
