All children must be under the age of 16 to be referred to our service. In addition, referrals to our service must meet certain criteria which are outlined in our referral form (see the link below). In brief, our guidelines for referring a child to a specific therapy with our service are as follows: Speech and Language Therapy - child must be under 2 years, already accepted under another CDS therapy and has experienced difficulty for longer than 6 months. Visiting Neurodevelopmental Therapy – child must be under 2.5 years Social Worker – child must already be accepted under another CDS therapy Psychology – for ASD and Cognitive assessment you must provide initial assessments such as SRS and KBIT-2 There are some criteria which would mean a referral/child would not be accepted by our service including: with Ministry of Education Physical Disability Service or ORS funding who do not have specialised home-based OT equipment or housing needs who has ACC funding who has a short-term acute illness and is expected to rapidly return to their former level of wellness or function who has had a surgical intervention for an acute need requiring palliative care who is terminally ill requiring maintenance services only and not a multi-disciplinary development programme diagnosed with ADHD whose service needs are covered under another service specification Additional exclusions may apply to each therapy within CDS. Please contact us for further information. Click here for the Tauranga Referral Form Click here for the Whakatane Referral Form

The ASD Coordination is a Referral Service for children under the age of 7 years, and their families/whanau, who seek an appointment for assessment and diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. The ASD Coordinator is based in our Tauranga office and can be contacted on 07 571 4768 or via email at: For further information, and links to a range of online resources in New Zealand and around the world, please go to the Resources section.

Many of our one-on-one therapy appointments take place in your home. Our therapist will call you in advance to confirm a date and time and they will also explain what will happen during the visit. They will let you know if there is anything you will be required to do in advance. If you do not wish to have a home visit, please discuss this with your therapist and together an alternative location can be decided.

Our service runs regular clinics, which your family may be asked to attend, for example an assessment for diagnosis with one of our Psychologists. We will phone you to confirm an appointment time and you may receive some questionnaires to complete before you attend. Clinics may consist of more than one appointment. At times our therapists may decide that it will be better for your child to come to us for an assessment, rather than a home visit. They will discuss that with you at the time they make an appointment. Our clinic locations are: 112 Thirteenth Avenue, Tauranga South Te Koru Therapy and Rehabilitation Services - Stewart Street, Whakatāne Hospital See here for more information about attending an appointment.

We run a variety of group sessions where both the parent/guardian and child are invited to attend. If a group session might suit your whānau/family best, we will discuss this option with you.

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