• Disability
• Neurological
• Paediatric (Children)

The child engages in activities and games led by the therapist to promote development across a wide variety of skills so children can enjoy and participate in life’s everyday activities as fully and independently as possible.
Skills areas:

• emotional regulation
• fine and gross motor
• dyspraxia and motor coordination
• handwriting
• activities of daily living like dressing and hygiene

• Paediatric (Children)
• Development reading/ writing disorders
• Intellectual disability

Our speech therapists will utilise your child's strengths and interests to develop their language and communication skills. Our therapists are trained to support children to use Augmentative and Assistive Communication. They can also support their social thinking and literacy skills.

Service types: Disability support services, Autism support services, Information & support, Education and training.

We offer autism diagnostic assessments and ADHD diagnostic assessments to help identify your child's areas of strength, how they learn and what supports might be beneficial.

Service types: Disability support services, Child development services, Autism support services, Information & support, Education and training, Advocacy.

Our intensive individualised programmes provide a one-to-one, child-led approach for children who may be struggling with their learning or with meeting developmental milestones. Therapy plans are co-designed with families to maximise your child's strengths and interests and help them reach their potential. Our Early Years Autism programme also supports children with the transition to school.

Service types: Education and training, Life skills, Skills courses, Disability support services, Child development services, Education and training, Advocacy, Counselling, Family / whānau support, Information & support, Social and group activities, Youth mentoring / development.

We support ADHD children and youth to maximise their strengths to develop their executive functioning and study skills, their friendship skills and their emotional regulation.

Service types: Disability support services, Autism support services, Advocacy, Counselling, Child development services, Education and training, Education and training, Family / whānau support, Social and group activities.

Our Psychology and Behavioural Services support children, youth and families struggling with a developmental phase, challenging behaviour or anxiety related to neurodiversity.

Service types: Disability support services, Autism support services.

Our sleep support service can help young neurodiverse people and those supporting them get a good night’s sleep.

Service types: Disability support services, Autism support services.

Our toilet training service can help young neurodiverse people become more confident and independent with using the toilet.

Service types: Information & support.

Acorn provides professional learning and development in the form of direct consultation to early childhood educators, teachers and administrators as well as training workshops.