In a world full of devices competing for our focus, Time Timer® has done something no other visual timer brand has: achieved Calm Tech Certified™ status across three of its most popular products.
The certification comes from the Calm Tech Institute, the world's first independent body dedicated to evaluating technology for its impact on human attention. Products are assessed against an 81-point framework covering how they use attention, sound, peripheral awareness, light, and material design. To earn the mark, a product must demonstrably support rather than disrupt the way humans naturally attend to their environment.
For anyone working in assistive technology, occupational therapy, education, or neurodiversity support, this is significant. It is independent verification of what practitioners and families have observed for decades: Time Timer® reduces anxiety, supports transitions, and communicates time in a way that does not demand focus. It quietly inhabits the periphery of awareness.
The Three Certified Products
Time Timer® MAX: Calm Tech Certified™ Platinum
The MAX is the largest visual countdown timer available anywhere, spanning 17 inches across. It is designed for shared spaces such as gymnasiums, auditoriums, cafeterias, and large classrooms or therapy rooms where an entire group needs to remain aware of time without constant verbal prompting. The red disk shrinks visibly as time passes, giving everyone in the room a calm, shared sense of elapsed time.
It functions as eight timers in one: three double-sided faces cover durations from 5 minutes to 24 hours, including a dry-erase face that teachers and therapists can customise with activity names and schedules. No Wi-Fi. No accounts. No setup. It earned one of the highest Platinum scores the Calm Tech Institute has awarded.
Time Timer® MOD Home Edition: Calm Tech Certified™
The MOD Home Edition is the portable personal timer that families, therapists, and educators have trusted for years. It operates silently, with an optional audible alert, and research consistently shows it reduces time-related anxiety in children, adults, and neurodivergent individuals. It was part of the Calm Tech Institute's inaugural first class of certified products.
Time Timer® MOD Protect Case (Bunny and Tread Covers): Calm Tech Certified™
The newest certified addition. The MOD Protect Cases snap onto any Time Timer® MOD and come in two kid-friendly designs, Bunny and Tread, made from durable, child-safe silicone. They were certified as part of the Calm Tech Institute's first-ever Kids Cohort, a recognition stream specifically for tools designed to support children's development without hijacking it.
"Time Timer® is one of the purest expressions of Calm Technology® principles: the device communicates time remaining through the periphery of a child's awareness rather than demanding their focus. Research consistently shows it reduces time-related anxiety for children, adults, and neurodivergent individuals alike."
Calm Tech Institute
Who These Products Are For
Time Timer® products are used across a wide range of settings and populations. Therapists and allied health practitioners working in OT, speech, behaviour support, and ABA will find them independently verified to reduce time-related anxiety, and they are particularly well-suited to neurodivergent individuals of all ages. Teachers and school staff can use the MAX to support the whole class through transitions, assessments, and group tasks without a word. For parents and families, these timers help reduce daily friction around routines and transitions by making time visible in a calm, non-intrusive way.
Funding Options
All three certified products are available through multiple purchasing pathways. Private purchases can be made online at any time. NDIS funding may apply where use of the timer is directly linked to a participant's goals, such as supporting independence, daily living routines, or communication. Speak with your support coordinator or plan manager for guidance specific to your plan. Home Care Package funding may also be available for eligible participants. Schools and education providers are welcome to use purchase orders.
All three Calm Tech Certified™ Time Timer® products are available now at assistivetech.com.au. Contact us if you have questions about NDIS funding, Home Care Packages, or school orders.
