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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Tic Awareness at School
Your child is anxious about tics being noticed or commented on at school
Steps
- Work with your child on what THEY want peers to know (if anything)
- Ask the teacher to normalise tics without drawing attention
- Provide a 'tic break' pass so they can leave the classroom briefly
- Educate close friends if your child wants that
- Remind your child: tics are not their fault and not something to be ashamed of
What you need
School communication, break pass, supportive teacher
Why it works
For children with Tourette's, the anxiety about tics being noticed is often more distressing than the tics themselves. Proactive awareness work reduces the social threat, which often reduces tic frequency — since stress is one of the biggest tic amplifiers.
Age guidance
Most relevant from age 5 onwards when children become socially aware. Let your child lead how much they want peers to know.
Real-world example
One family worked with their child's teacher to give a brief, matter-of-fact explanation to the class: 'Sometimes my brain makes me make sounds or movements. I can't control it, and it doesn't hurt.' The child said the biggest relief was that nobody stared after that.
Troubleshooting
- If bullying occurs, escalate immediately. Tics are a protected characteristic
- Tourette's Action UK has school resource packs for teachers
- Tics often increase with stress, so reducing school anxiety helps tics too
