STRIVE Talk
Tap-to-speak communication support for functional phrases and daily communication routines.
Productive Functional Rehab Software
STRIVE
Independence™
Boost therapy productivity with ready-to-use functional practice tools.
Support point-of-service documentation, individual sessions, concurrent therapy, and group therapy while practicing real daily tasks like communication, cognition, bill pay, banking, transportation, grocery shopping, and community participation without real accounts or real money.
Boost productivity
Document at point of service
Support groups and concurrent care
Productivity
Boost
Productivity
STRIVE Independence gives therapists structured, realistic activities they can launch quickly during treatment. That means less time inventing tasks, searching for materials, or switching between unrelated resources, and more time observing performance, documenting skilled intervention, and progressing functional goals.
Point Of Service
Document While Performance Is Happening
Because tasks are structured and observable, therapists can capture accuracy, cues, sequencing, attention, safety awareness, communication, and problem solving during the activity instead of reconstructing the session later.
Concurrent Therapy
Keep Multiple Patients Engaged
Use browser-based practice stations so one patient can work on money management while another practices communication, shopping, flight booking, or transportation decision-making with graded support.
Group Therapy
Shared Tasks With Individual Goals
Run functional group activities around real-life scenarios while still targeting each person’s goals, such as memory strategies, aphasia support, executive function, visual scanning, calculation, or caregiver carryover.
The Problem
Therapy Needs
Real-Life Practice
Functional independence depends on everyday decisions, not worksheets alone. People recovering from stroke, brain injury, cognitive decline, aphasia, or functional change need repeated practice with the exact tasks that show up at home, in the community, and online.
Carryover Gap
Clinic Skills Do Not Always Transfer
Attention, sequencing, memory, language, and executive function can look different when the task is paying a bill, planning a ride, reading a screen, or making a shopping decision.
Real-World Risk
Real Apps Are Not Safe Practice Spaces
Banking apps, payment pages, ride share accounts, and online shopping carts can expose users to real money, passwords, privacy risk, and pressure before they are ready.
Limited Repetition
Functional Tasks Need More Attempts
Therapists and caregivers need repeatable, graded practice that supports error awareness, problem solving, confidence, caregiver carryover, and independent living goals.
The Solution
STRIVE Is The
Practice Space
STRIVE Independence turns everyday IADL and communication demands into simulated, browser-based practice. It is built for occupational therapy, speech therapy, neuro rehab, senior care, assisted living, independent living, universities, caregivers, and case managers across the United States.
Functional IADL Training
Daily Tasks Without Real-World Consequences
Practice bill pay, banking, grocery shopping, movie ticket booking, transportation decisions, flight booking, and communication routines with fictional information and no real transactions.
Clinical Repetition
Designed For Sessions And Carryover
Use STRIVE to support executive function, sequencing, attention, aphasia communication, AAC, cognitive rehabilitation, caregiver practice, and home program follow-through.
Nationwide Access
One Web Platform For Many Settings
Individuals, clinics, therapy teams, universities, ALFs, ILFs, senior care providers, and enterprise organizations can access STRIVE Independence through the browser.
Current Platform
Modules
Explore practical modules for communication, money management, community mobility, shopping, and leisure planning. Each module creates a realistic place to practice daily life skills without real-world risk.
Bill Pay Simulation
Practice utility account navigation, number entry, payment steps, sequencing, and error checking.
Banking & Credit Practice
Practice account review, card management, online forms, payment navigation, and everyday money management.
Ride Booking Simulation
Practice choosing pickup and destination details, selecting a ride, confirming a driver, and cancelling safely.
STRIVE Airlines
Practice choosing airports, comparing fares and schedules, managing budgets and baggage fees, and completing a simulated flight booking.
Grocery Shopping Task
Practice finding items, following a list, comparing prices, reviewing a cart, and checking out.
Trip to the Cinema
Practice choosing a movie and showtime, selecting seats and tickets, ordering concessions, and reviewing a simulated booking.
Upcoming
Medication Management
Practice medication organization, timing, sequencing, label review, and attention to daily routines in a safe simulation.
See It In Action
Discover STRIVE Independence
IADL Practice for Occupational Therapy
Practice Everyday
Digital Skills
Explore STRIVE Independence for functional technology tasks and simulated online shopping used in occupational therapy (OT) and rehabilitation training. Clients can practice instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) with fictional information while working on cognitive skills, executive functioning, digital literacy, and independent living routines.
- Money management: practice reviewing bills, entering payment details, navigating online banking, and using a simulated credit card account.
- Simulated online shopping: follow a shopping list, compare prices, check item requirements, manage a budget, review a cart, handle substitutions, and complete a structured checkout sequence.
- Community participation: practice transportation planning, flight booking, and choosing movie tickets.
- Executive functioning and digital literacy: practice reading instructions, navigating user interfaces, organizing task steps, and multi-step problem-solving. Use STRIVE Talk to support functional communication.
Practice a shopping scenario
Start with a grocery list and budget. Ask the client to find the requested items, compare options, review the cart, and complete simulated checkout. Adjust hints and task supports to suit the session, then discuss missed items, budget decisions, sequencing, and corrections. This gives therapists a functional context for observing performance and planning further practice.
When choosing an IADL practice tool, consider the tasks your clients need, the support they require, and how each activity fits your session. STRIVE lets you observe task steps and discuss errors and strategies without using real financial accounts.
Explore STRIVE IndependenceSTRIVE Independence is operated by Haraya Wellness LLC. It is an independent platform and is not affiliated with or endorsed by OTIADL.
Questions
Common
Questions
STRIVE Market provides simulated online shopping for occupational therapy and rehabilitation training. Clients practice following a shopping list, finding items, comparing prices, managing a budget, reviewing a cart, and completing checkout with fictional information. Therapists can adjust task supports and discuss errors and strategies.
Functional technology tasks provide opportunities to practice attention, working memory, executive functioning, sequencing, multi-step problem-solving, and digital literacy. Reading task instructions, navigating an online store, checking item requirements, and reviewing a purchase connect these skills to independent living activities.
Therapists can use simulated shopping scenarios to observe how clients follow instructions, organize steps, manage a budget, respond to substitutions, and correct mistakes. These activities support clinical observation and rehabilitation practice; they are not presented as a standardized assessment or a substitute for professional judgment.
STRIVE Independence is an option for therapists looking for an OTIADL alternative for browser-based IADL practice. Its simulated activities include bill pay, online banking, shopping, transportation, and functional communication. Choose activities based on your clients’ goals and supervision needs. STRIVE Independence is an independent platform operated by Haraya Wellness LLC and is not affiliated with or endorsed by OTIADL.
Yes. STRIVE Independence is web-based and available to therapists, clinics, universities, senior care teams, caregivers, and case managers throughout the United States.
It is built for occupational therapists, speech therapists, neuro rehab clinics, private practices, university OT and ST programs, assisted living facilities, independent living facilities, senior care teams, caregivers, and case managers.
Users can practice functional communication, cognition, bill pay, online banking, transportation planning, grocery shopping, simulated flight booking, executive function, sequencing, and independent living skills.
STRIVE Independence helps solve the gap between therapy sessions and real-life carryover by giving users a safe, repeatable place to practice functional daily tasks like money management, communication, shopping, transportation, sequencing, attention, and independent living skills.
STRIVE Independence gives therapists ready-to-use functional activities that can support point-of-service documentation, reduce setup time, and help structure individual, concurrent, and group therapy sessions.
No. STRIVE Independence uses simulated practice activities and fictional information. Users should not enter real banking, credit card, password, or protected health information.
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