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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When Children Hurt Others
Your child hits, kicks, bites, or hurts siblings, peers, or adults
Steps
- SAFETY FIRST: separate children and ensure everyone is safe
- Stay calm. Reacting with anger escalates the situation
- After the moment: explore what triggered it (sensory overload, frustration, demand?)
- Teach replacement behaviours: 'When you're angry, hit the cushion / squeeze the stress ball'
- Create a de-escalation plan: recognise early signs and intervene BEFORE it escalates
- Work with professionals if aggression is frequent or severe
What you need
Safety plan, replacement sensory items, professional support if needed
Why it works
Aggression in neurodivergent children is almost always communication — unmet sensory needs, frustration that can't be expressed verbally, or overwhelm with no other outlet. Understanding the trigger and teaching replacement behaviours addresses the root cause, not just the surface behaviour.
Age guidance
Common between ages 3-10. Replacement behaviours need to be practised hundreds of times at home before they transfer to real situations.
Real-world example
A parent discovered 90% of hitting happened in the 30 minutes after school. They introduced a 20-minute decompression zone with sensory toys before any sibling interaction. Hitting incidents dropped by 80% in two weeks.
Troubleshooting
- Aggression is almost always a sign of unmet needs, not malice
- Never punish aggression with aggression (smacking, shouting). It models what you're trying to stop
- If aggression is towards themselves, seek urgent professional support
