Well sends are easy, you can have them show in the mixer (mixer options) or even on the track control panel (click envelope button and check UI box next to the param you want. For receives, you have to open the IO window, which is admittedly not fun to look at.
Here's my workflow with sends:
I've simply got the mixer docked, one track wide, and the mixer option "scroll view when track activated," so that always shows the selected track. Hold control while dragging a docked window tab to position it where you want.