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Accelerate 
Your Autistic Child’s 
Learning.

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We agree. Immediate,  clear,  individualized  advice  for parents should be a "thing".

So we invented the ThriveGuide.
ThriveGuide empowers parents raising autistic children with instant access to personalized goals and action plans to accelerate growth.


At home. No waiting lists.

A Plan as Unique
as Your Child

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Get  Insights

Our genius algorithm delivers insights that make illuminating connections between physical health, home environment, and parenting styles with your autistic child’s social skills, language level, independence,  and repetitive behaviors. Like having a dozen specialists combine their knowledge to uncover possibilities you haven’t considered. 

Take Action

Receive a set of five recommendations:

Your “5 to Thrive”, prioritized in specific order to maximize learning, so you know exactly where to begin and what’s next. Spend your precious time and money only on the right goals at the right time.   

Feel Confident

With over 70 years of combined autism-specialist experience, our recommendations are explained so you know clearly what your goal is. We’ve even linked each one to supporting scientific research. 

It’s advice you can trust. 

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Let's be honest, there's no "re-do" on early development.

Thousands of autistic children are stuck on waiting lists  for special services. Months and even  years of  precious learning time slip by. 

Get individualized goals and strategies in about one-hour.  ThriveGuide let's you take action today. 

Take the right step at the right time.

As important as knowing the right strategies that match your child's needs is knowing the right order to do them in. 

You receive five individualized recommendations that are ranked in the developmental order that is most effective to accelerate learning. 

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Cut through the clutter.

Google search overwhelms parents with hundreds of autism therapy options.  And they're faced with opposing facts. 

ThriveGuide was specifically created to consider dozens of evidence-based strategies from many of the top programs to present five "best next steps" matched to a child’s unique needs. 

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Small investment for big savings.

Psych-Ed reports can cost over $3500. And private autism therapy is a significant financial burden for parents. 

We created ThriveGuide to deliver huge value at low cost.

For less than $100, lower than the cost of a single therapy session, you get five autism-expert insights and goals matched to your child.

What's more,  knowing which strategies to work on means you avoid guessing, and save your precious funds. 

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Every page is full of insights, inspiration, and educational resources. The developmental recommendations are a perfect blend of research-based strategies and explain the “why”, all presented with empathy and understanding the reality for parents like me.

Kristin

Parent, Ontario, Canada.

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Every page is full of insightful, educational and inspirational videos, insights, and recommendations. The perfect blend of research based strategies and techniques, with an empathetic and supportive hand guiding parents through their journey.

Samantha

Special Education Teacher, Autistic adult, and mother of an autistic child

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What really impressed me was the thoughtfulness put into the ordering of the recommendations. Knowing where exactly to start, I felt  less overwhelmed, and made it easier to implement the suggestions step by step.

Sarah

Proud aunt of a 12 year old autistic nephew

Johnathan Alderson

My name is Jonathan Alderson, a Harvard University graduate, author of the 7-award-winning book Challenging the Myths of Autism,  and founder of the world’s first online individualized autism therapy mapping called ThriveGuide.

I've spent 25 years gathering research- based autism education and learning strategies by studying hundreds of different programs, listening deeply to parents, and by spending thousands of hours learning from autistic children.
 
My mission is to pass on the best of these 
strategies, insights, and experiences.

It's my honor to help you and your family live your best life possible.

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Jonathan Alderson, Ed. M. ThriveGuide Founder 
 

Yes, I want clear, practical insights now. 

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