DaySteps for Families

Visual schedules your child can follow. Support you control.

Build the routine once, then give your child a calm, step-by-step way through it. Start with more structure and adjust one part at a time as their needs change.

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The DaySteps family calendar on an iPad, showing each person's routines and events laid out across the afternoon and evening
The DaySteps guided runner on an iPhone, showing one step — Brush Teeth — with a countdown and a Done button

How it works

The routine doesn’t have to live in your head.

DaySteps keeps the steps, timing, and daily structure visible, so the routine doesn’t depend on anyone remembering what comes next.

  1. Step 01

    Build the routine once

    Add the steps, icons, timing, and schedule that fit your day.

    The DaySteps routine builder on an iPhone, with a Pre-Practice Routine scheduled for 4:30 PM and its steps listed with icons and durations

  2. Step 02

    They follow the level you choose

    Start with one step at a time. Add a preview, or let your child choose guided steps or a checklist when that support fits.

    The DaySteps guided runner on an iPhone, showing the single current step with a countdown, a Done button, and a Not ready option

  3. Step 03

    Adjust with real context

    See patterns across routines, focus, and mood over time, then change one support setting at a time.

    The DaySteps Insights view on an iPhone, summarising a child's day across routines completed, focus time, and mood range

Adjustable support

Change one part without changing everything.

A child may be ready to see more of a routine and still need a narrower calendar view. Adjust routine presentation, feature access, calendar visibility, what progress information your child sees, and how much they can manage independently.

Five adjustable support settings

Feature Access
  • My Routines
  • Focus
  • Mood
  • To-Do
Presentation Level
  1. One Step at a Time
  2. Preview Next Step
  3. Choose Guided or Checklist
Calendar Level
  1. Anchor View
  2. Full Day
  3. 3-Day View
  4. Full
Insights Level
  1. Hidden
  2. Daily Insights
  3. Summaries
  4. Trends
Account Control
  1. Receives Support
  2. Requests Changes
  3. Co-Manages

Caregivers control each support setting. Nothing advances automatically.

Shared support

The right people can connect. You stay in control.

Each role sees only what it needs. Care Team members can view permitted between-session patterns and send a structured suggestion instead of editing your child’s routine directly.

  • Co-parent

    One shared household

    Coordinate routines and schedules from one family view.

  • Care Team

    Useful context between sessions

    See permitted patterns across routines, focus, and mood.

  • Parent review

    Nothing changes without you

    Review each structured suggestion before anything changes for your child.

Clinicians suggest. Parents decide.

No points. No streaks.
Nothing to lose on a hard day.

DaySteps makes the next step clear without turning daily routines into a reward system. An incomplete routine is not treated as failure.

Grounded in published research on executive function, visual activity scheduling, time perception, and systematic prompting. DaySteps is a compensation and support tool, not a treatment or diagnostic.

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Build the routine once. Make the next step clear.

Download DaySteps free on iPhone and iPad.

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