The DHC toolbox · start here
Three tools. Your kid. Your call.
These are the same three tools I use as a clinician.
Every kid is different. Not every tool in this box will be a perfect fit for your child, and that's the point. You know your kid best. You get to pick what works for your family.
Each tool supports something that is genuinely hard for brains with ADHD, autism, or executive functioning differences: knowing what's coming next, feeling how long something lasts, and keeping going on a skill that takes effort.
The three tools
Picture Schedule
Helps with: what's coming next?A schedule made with your child, with their face and their things, printed to take anywhere.Puzzle Piece Rewards
Helps with: sticking with a hard skillA piece for every try. It rewards effort, never outcomes, and a piece is never taken away.Visual Timer
Helps with: how long is this?Time you can see shrinking, so "five more minutes" stops being a mystery.
Three things that hold across every tool
Make it with them, not for them. Kids do best when they have a say. A tool they helped build is a tool they understand.
We're building skills, not compliance. None of these tools exist to make a child look or act "typical."
Try one. Watch. Adjust. If a tool makes things harder, that's useful information, not failure. Set it down and try another.
You don't have to use all three. Start with the one that fits the hardest part of your day.