A soft friend for when feelings get big.
Sensory Paws is a stuffed animal with a small listening heart, and an app that goes with it. When a child is overwhelmed, Paws notices, says so in gentle words, and offers a calming routine their own therapist or parent chose.
In development. Built for autistic and ADHD kids, with their families and providers.
Paws's tummy light glows slowly, so a child can breathe along.
How it works
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Your child talks to Paws
A squeeze of the paw, or just their voice. The toy has a microphone and a gentle buzz, and a mute switch on the app that a grown-up or the child can use at any time.
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The phone works out what's going on
The words go to the family's phone over Bluetooth and are understood right there. They aren't sent to us. The app looks for signs of a hard moment, like "too loud" or "I can't do it."
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Paws offers something that helps
Balloon breaths. Wall push-ups. A trip to the quiet corner. The routine comes from a list your child's provider or you set up, and Paws walks through it one step at a time.
Who sees what
A child's words are theirs first. This is how Sensory Paws is being built, and each row is a rule in the software, not a setting someone can forget.
| Who | What they see | How it gets there |
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| Your child | Everything they said, kept on their own device. | It never leaves the phone unless a grown-up approves sharing. |
| You, the parent | A short daily summary: how they felt, what helped. Not a word-for-word record. | Over Bluetooth from the toy, locked with a key only your family has. |
| Their provider | Full transcripts and what Paws did in the moment, for dates you approve. | They ask, you say yes or no. You can take it back, and what was shared is deleted. |
| Sensory Paws, the company | Accounts and routines. Transcripts only while you've approved a provider's request. | Shared transcripts are deleted when the approval ends. |
For providers: your plan comes first
Families invite you with a one-time code. You can write routines for each child, or pick from suggestions the app has gathered from what it has noticed.
When your routine and the app's idea disagree, yours is used. Every time. The software can suggest; it can't decide. No AI sits above the clinician.
- Write step-by-step routines matched to a feeling
- Review and activate, or dismiss, what the app suggests
- Ask the family for transcripts when you need the detail
- See what Paws offered in each moment and how the child responded
Hear when Paws is ready
We'll email you when there's something to try. Nothing else.