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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Attention and Focus Strategies
Your child can't concentrate, is constantly distracted, and flits between activities
Steps
- Reduce distractions in the work environment: clear desk, face wall, headphones
- Use movement breaks every 10-15 minutes (star jumps, stretching, walking)
- Offer fidget tools: stress ball, tangle, fidget cube (these HELP focus, they don't hinder it)
- Break tasks into 5-10 minute chunks with clear start and end points
- Use background music or calming audio if it helps (experiment to find what works — note that white noise is still stimulation and doesn't work for everyone)
What you need
Fidget tools, timer, movement break ideas, minimal environment
Why it works
ADHD brains are not lacking attention — they're lacking the ability to direct attention to non-stimulating tasks. Fidget tools, movement breaks, and environmental modifications provide just enough stimulation to keep the brain engaged without overwhelming it.
Age guidance
Relevant from age 4 onwards. The specific strategies change with age, but the principle of environmental optimisation stays the same into adulthood.
Real-world example
A parent gave their child a stress ball to squeeze during homework and immediately saw focus improve. The teacher initially objected until the parent explained it was a regulation tool. Once the teacher tried it, she started offering fidget tools to other children too.
Troubleshooting
- If fidgets become toys, swap for a subtler option (putty under the desk, elastic on chair legs)
- Some children focus better lying on the floor or standing. Let them try
- Medication may help if non-medical strategies aren't enough. Speak to your paediatrician
