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
Parent Guides
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Daily Challenges
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Refusal & Defiance Response
Your child flat-out refuses to do something
Steps
- DON'T ENGAGE in a power struggle. You'll both lose
- Acknowledge their feeling: 'I can see you really don't want to do this'
- Offer a choice: 'Would you like to do it now or in 5 minutes?'
- State the natural consequence calmly: 'If you don't put shoes on, we can't go to the park'
- Walk away briefly if needed to give them processing time
What you need
Patience and pre-planned choices/consequences
Why it works
Children with ADHD and Autism often refuse because they're overwhelmed, not defiant. Their brain is saying 'I can't handle this demand right now.' Offering choices returns a sense of control, and stating consequences calmly removes the power struggle that escalates the situation.
Age guidance
Works for ages 3 and up. The choice-giving approach becomes even more important in the pre-teen years when autonomy is developmentally essential.
Real-world example
One parent shifted from 'put your shoes on NOW' to 'would you like to put them on here or by the front door?' The child resisted the demand but accepted the choice. It felt counterintuitive, but giving a small amount of control made compliance far more likely.
Troubleshooting
- Pick your battles. Not everything needs to be a fight
- If refusal is constant, the demand might be too high. Try lowering the bar
