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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Impulse Control Strategies
Your child acts before thinking: blurts out, grabs, runs off, or interrupts constantly
Steps
- Teach the 'Stop-Think-Act' sequence using a visual traffic light
- Practice the 'brain brake': clench fists, count to 3, then decide
- Use a 'hands up' signal in class so they can signal without blurting
- Role-play scenarios: 'What could you do INSTEAD of grabbing?'
- Praise every moment of impulse control you notice: 'You waited your turn!'
What you need
Traffic light visual, role play time, consistent praise
Why it works
Impulse control is a developmental skill that matures later in children with ADHD and Tourette's. Their brains don't have the same brake mechanism that allows neurotypical children to pause before acting. External tools like traffic light visuals create an artificial pause that the brain can't yet generate on its own.
Age guidance
Most relevant from age 4 onwards. Expect impulse control to develop 2-3 years behind neurotypical peers. This is neurology, not behaviour.
Real-world example
A parent taught their child to clench their fists and count to 3 before responding. It didn't work every time, but when their child stopped themselves from grabbing a toy and said 'I used my brain brake!', the pride on their face was worth every practice session.
Troubleshooting
- Impulse control is a developmental skill. It takes longer for neurodivergent children
- Never shame impulsive behaviour. They're not doing it on purpose
- Physical activity before demanding situations helps burn off impulsive energy
