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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Maths in Everyday Life
Your child struggles with numbers and avoids anything maths-related
Steps
- Use real-world maths: cooking (measuring), shopping (counting coins), time
- Play board games with dice, scoring, and counting
- Use physical objects (blocks, coins) rather than abstract numbers
- Make a number line they can touch and move along
- Celebrate 'maths moments' throughout the day, not just at homework time
What you need
Dice, coins, measuring cups, number line, board games
Why it works
Children with Dyscalculia have difficulty processing numbers in abstract form, but their understanding of quantity and mathematical concepts can be strong when connected to real, tangible objects. Everyday maths makes numbers meaningful rather than threatening.
Age guidance
Start as early as age 4 with counting games. The real-world approach remains valuable well into secondary school for building confidence.
Real-world example
A parent started involving their child in cooking — measuring cups, counting eggs, timing the oven. Their child who 'hated maths' didn't realise they were doing maths. When the parent pointed it out, the child said 'that's not real maths though' — which was the perfect opening to talk about what maths actually is.
Troubleshooting
- Never say 'maths is easy'. Validate that it's genuinely hard for them
- Use visual/colour-coded methods wherever possible
- Ask school about dyscalculia-specific interventions
