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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Neurodivergent Sleep Protocol
Your brain won't switch off at night: racing thoughts, doom-scrolling, and a sleep schedule that shifts later and later
Steps
- Set a 'screens down' alarm 45 minutes before your target sleep time
- Create a sensory wind-down: dim lights, specific playlist or podcast, comfortable textures
- Use a 'brain dump' pad by your bed — write down anything circling in your mind so it's captured and can wait until morning
- Keep your wake time consistent (even weekends). Your sleep time will naturally follow
- If you're not asleep after 20 minutes, get up, do something boring in low light, and try again
What you need
A notepad by your bed, a lamp with warm/dim light, comfortable bedding
Why it works
ADHD brains often have delayed circadian rhythms and difficulty transitioning from stimulating activities to rest. Autism can add sensory sensitivities that make sleep environments uncomfortable. A structured wind-down creates the external scaffolding the brain needs to shift into sleep mode.
Real-world example
An adult with ADHD who had averaged 5 hours of sleep for years tried keeping their phone in the kitchen and using a brain dump pad. Within three weeks, they were consistently getting 7 hours. They described it as 'life-changing — I didn't know I could feel this awake during the day'.
Troubleshooting
- If you can't stop doom-scrolling, put your phone in another room and use a physical alarm clock
- Audiobooks or podcasts at low volume can help quiet a racing ADHD mind — choose something familiar, not gripping
- If your mind won't stop racing, try the '5-4-3-2-1' grounding technique: 5 things you can see, 4 you can hear, etc.
