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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Feelings Check-In Cards
Your child can't identify or express their emotions
Steps
- Use feelings cards or a feelings chart with emoji faces
- Check in at set times: morning, after school, bedtime
- Ask 'Which face matches how you feel right now?'
- Validate whatever they share: 'That makes sense'
- Over time, they'll start identifying feelings without prompts
What you need
Feelings chart or cards (printable included in toolkit)
Why it works
Many children with Autism and ADHD experience alexithymia — difficulty identifying and naming emotions. Feelings cards provide a visual bridge between the internal experience and language. Regular check-ins build emotional vocabulary gradually, without requiring the child to generate the words from scratch.
Age guidance
Best for ages 3-10. Start with 4-5 basic emotions for younger children and expand as their vocabulary grows.
Real-world example
Parents often worry their child just picks the same face every time. This is actually normal at first — they're learning the process. After a few weeks, most children start differentiating and may surprise you with how precisely they can identify what they're feeling.
Troubleshooting
- Start with just 4-5 basic emotions, then expand
- Don't correct their feeling. If they say 'angry' when you think 'sad', accept it
