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.
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Visual Morning Schedules for ADHD and Autism: How to Make One
A visual morning schedule lays out each step of the morning as pictures or simple icons your child can follow on their own. It takes the routine out of their head and onto the wall, so getting ready stops depending on memory, nagging, or willpower.
Your child forgets the steps, gets distracted halfway through, and mornings dissolve into chaos
Steps
- Photograph each morning step (brush teeth, get dressed, eat breakfast)
- Print and laminate or display on a device
- Walk through the schedule WITH your child first
- Let them check off each step as they complete it
- Celebrate completing the routine. A high five is enough!
What you need
Printed pictures or a device to display them, velcro checkmarks or a whiteboard
Why it works
Visual schedules work particularly well for children with ADHD, Autism, and Dyspraxia because they reduce reliance on working memory and verbal instruction, which are often areas of difficulty. Having steps visible removes the need to hold the whole routine in mind at once, turning an overwhelming sequence into manageable, concrete actions.
Age guidance
Works particularly well for children aged 3-10. Older children may prefer a digital version or want to design their own.
Real-world example
Many parents find the first week feels like it isn't working — their child glances at the schedule and then does whatever they were going to do anyway. This is normal. Keep it visible, keep referencing it calmly, and most children start to use it independently within 2 weeks.
Troubleshooting
- If they skip steps, gently redirect to the schedule instead of repeating verbal instructions
- Try fewer steps at first (3-4) and build up
- Let your child help create the schedule so they feel more ownership
