Apps to support ADHD

[Curtainconundrum]

DS (ADHD/ASD) struggles to organise himself for school, and generally, and has just started secondary. Now that he has his own phone what apps can people recommend to support him with his organisation. At the moment we're still doing too much for him and I want to help him become more independent.

DS might be too young at the moment but as he matures Brain in Hand helps some.

Do secondary use Apps at all for anything?

DD (ADHD and dyslexia) could not survive without hers.

We have Satchel from school which shows timetable and homework. Then google calendar which I keep updated but send her alerts. PracticePal for music lessons. And WhatsApp for just about everything.

Oh and travel apps - trainline, a bus one, tube map are very useful.

We also moved her onto a laptop (iPad with keyboard) in Y6 for everything. So no paper to lose and everything in one place.

She's in Y10 and I am still basically her PA and I can't really see that changing a great deal.

Thanks. I'll check it out.

@OhCrumbsWhereNow No apps for school. Homework is set on Google Classroom but children then need to log into various other sites for different subjects . He also needs systems for getting out of the house in the morning. You say you are your DD's PA - perhaps I'm expecting too much to soon. Thanks for replying!

The amount of help I put in is also down to severe dyslexia. DD will avoid reading anything if at all possible. Having found hundreds of unread emails, I now have both her personal and school accounts on my Outlook so I can see anything that comes in and flag it to her on WhatsApp. I also chunk big long emails and just send her the info she actually needs.

It's generally much easier for me to intercept things ahead of time and organise her than deal with the problems when things are missed.

The homework app emails parents and child with the homework, reminders if it hasn't been ticked off and includes all the links and a way to submit it. Absolute godsend.

I try to give her enough time to be proactive on everything before I step in, in the hopes she will eventually be able to function in an adult world, but I still have fairly low expectations at the moment.

Y7 can be fairly overwhelming, so I would suggest starting with things they can easily manage and become routine and then gradually adding more.