A transition tracker that reveals what helps
Transition difficulty is not stubbornness. It is an executive shift with real predictability needs. This shows which supports consistently help bridge it.
Free to start · about 30 seconds to log · your data stays private
What you’ll notice
- How transitions went: activity changes, location changes, schedule changes, person handoffs
- What made a transition harder or easier
- Which supports were used (warnings, visual schedules, first/then boards)
- Which supports consistently help over time
Why it helps
Transitions can be a daily flashpoint, and it is easy to read the difficulty as defiance. It usually is not. Tracking how transitions go reframes them as executive shifts with predictability needs, and it reveals which supports actually help. Over time you stop bracing for every change and start reaching for the warning, the visual schedule, or the first/then board that you can see works.
How it works
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Log a transition and how it went, with the support you tried.
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Capture the type: activity, location, schedule, or person handoff.
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Your report shows which supports consistently help bridge the shift.
The thinking behind it
Grounded in an executive-function view of transitions: shifting between activities is a cognitive task with predictability needs, not a behavior problem. The tracker focuses on which proactive supports help, in line with common occupational and behavioral practice.
Specthrive’s trackers are developed with a licensed clinical counselor (LPCC) on our founding team.
Frequently asked questions
Is this transition tracker free?
Yes. Create a free account and start logging transitions.
Which supports does it track?
Common ones like advance warnings, visual schedules, and first/then boards, so you can see which actually help your child.
Is it only for autistic children?
No. It helps any child or adult who finds transitions hard, including ADHD and other executive-function differences.
Start noticing the patterns, gently
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