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Everyday Problem-Solving

Imagine your child noticing what’s wrong — and thinking about what could help.

Everyday problems can ask children to notice clues, understand what happened and work out a possible next step.

Richy uses clear pictures and spoken questions to help autistic children and children with learning disabilities practise recognising simple problems, thinking about solutions and showing what they understand.

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Clear picture. Spoken question. More than one way to respond.

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Real Richy practice, across familiar situations.

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Does this feel familiar?

Sometimes the hardest part is working out what the problem actually is.

A child may see the situation but need more support to identify what has gone wrong or why someone needs help.

They may also need practice thinking about what could happen next or which solution makes sense.

Richy turns these thinking skills into clear, visual practice that can be repeated at the learner’s pace.

Real product. Real practice.

See how Richy practises problem-solving

A picture gives the situation. A spoken question asks the learner to notice the problem, think and respond.

1 SeeA clear visual appears 2 HearRichy asks the question 3 RespondTap or answer aloud 4 LearnGet clear feedback
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Why this matters

Problem-solving starts with understanding what is happening.

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Notice what is wrong

Practise identifying the important problem in a simple situation.

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Think about what could help

Use visual clues to consider a sensible next step.

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Predict what may happen next

Practise thinking about likely outcomes in familiar situations.

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Show their thinking

Respond by tapping or, when appropriate, answering aloud.

The aim is not to rush the answer. Richy gives learners time to look, listen, think and show what they understand.

More than one way to answer

More than one way to show their thinking.

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Tap

Your child can choose an answer on screen.

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Speak

When appropriate, they can practise answering aloud.

Different children communicate in different ways. Richy gives them more than one way to respond.

Designed for thinking, not just repeating

Not just picture matching.

Richy asks learners to notice a problem, use clues, consider what could help and respond — building reasoning, not just repetition.

“It’s not just asking my son to repeat ‘A is for apple’ like other apps. Richy actually makes him stop, think and try harder.”

— Parent tester

For parents too

See which thinking skills need more practice.

The Parent Dashboard helps you see what your child is developing and what Richy recommends practising next.

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Why Richy

Created with real families in mind.

Richy was created by a mum of an autistic child, together with a team informed by language and communication research.

Structured visual practice, without promises of overnight transformation.

Parent feedback

What parents are saying

“It’s not just asking my son to repeat ‘A is for apple’ like other apps. Richy actually makes him stop, think and try harder.”

— Parent tester

“Usually he walks away from learning activities, but he kept asking for the next picture.”

Parent tester

“It takes some of the guesswork out of knowing what to work on next.”

Parent tester

Start with a starting point

Find out where to begin.

  1. 1
    Create your free account

    Add your learner.

  2. 2
    Complete the starting assessment

    Richy looks at what your child can currently do across different skills.

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    See their starting point

    Then decide whether you’d like to continue with Richy’s adaptive practice.

Help your child practise noticing problems and thinking about what could help.

See the situation. Hear the question. Think about the next step.

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