Autism Progress Tracking — Monitor Development and Share With Your Care Team
Families supporting a child with autism typically receive support from multiple people across multiple settings — home, clinic, school, and community. Each person doing that work generates observations, notes, and progress information. But in most families, that information lives in different places: a WhatsApp message from the therapist, a notebook at home, a verbal update at the school gate, a written report issued once every six months.
The gaps between those sources are where progress gets lost. A child who is making strong gains in clinic but showing no carryover at home is showing a specific pattern — but no one can see it clearly because clinic progress and home progress are documented separately. A child who responds well to one therapist's approach and poorly to another's is showing critical information — but no one is comparing engagement ratings across team members systematically.
When a therapist changes — which happens regularly — the new therapist typically receives a verbal handover or a brief written summary. The detail of what was tried, what worked, what didn't, and why is rarely transferred. GrowthCopter is built to make all of that information available in one place, to every person who needs it, permanently.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does GrowthCopter track my child's development progress?
GrowthCopter tracks progress at the activity level — every activity you log includes an engagement rating (how well the child engaged) and an outcome note. These ratings accumulate across all activities for each active goal, building a real-time progress picture. You can also compare assessment results over time as you retake the assessment every two months.
Can I generate a progress report for school or a therapist?
Yes. GrowthCopter generates professional progress reports as Word documents, covering any custom date range you choose. The report includes your child's developmental profile, all active goals, activity logs and engagement ratings, and a progress summary — suitable for IEP meetings, EHCP applications, NDIS plan reviews, school reviews, insurance documentation, and therapist handovers.
What does the GrowthCopter progress report include?
The progress report includes: your child's current developmental profile across the 14 assessed domains; all active goals with status; a log of all activities completed during the reporting period with engagement ratings; which team members contributed each activity; and a progress summary section. Reports are formatted as professional Word documents suitable for sharing with schools, therapists, insurance providers, and funding bodies.
Can I see who logged each activity?
Yes. Every logged activity in GrowthCopter shows which team member logged it — whether a parent, grandparent, therapist, or teacher. This contribution tracking is visible in the progress report and in the activity log view, giving the full care team a transparent picture of who is doing what and how the child responds to each person's approach.
How do I track progress across multiple goals?
GrowthCopter's progress view shows all active goals simultaneously, with engagement trend indicators for each one. You can filter by goal, by team member, by date range, or by domain to see exactly where progress is strongest and where more focus is needed. The dashboard gives an at-a-glance view and the report generator provides detailed documentation.
Is the progress data saved permanently?
Yes. All progress data — assessment results, goals, activity logs, and engagement ratings — is stored permanently in your child's profile. Data does not expire and is not deleted when therapists leave or subscriptions change. This means your child's complete developmental history is always available, regardless of how many years have passed or how many support workers have changed.
Is there an app that tracks my autistic child's progress and generates progress reports?
Yes. GrowthCopter tracks progress against every active developmental goal and generates professional progress reports in Word format covering any custom date range. Reports include the child's developmental profile, all active goals and their status, the full activity log with engagement ratings, and a progress summary — suitable for IEP meetings, EHCP applications, NDIS plan reviews, and therapist handovers. All progress data is stored permanently in your child's profile.
How do I show my autistic child's progress at an EHCP or IEP review meeting?
Showing progress at an EHCP or IEP review meeting requires documented evidence — not just parent recollection. GrowthCopter tracks activity completion and engagement ratings against every active goal across the full reporting period. From that data, GrowthCopter generates a one-click professional Word progress report covering any date range you choose. The report includes goal status, activity log, engagement trends, and a progress summary — structured specifically for review meetings and funding documentation.