Willow Corner

31/01/2026

How fantastic to see a new Ashburton playgroup for neurodivergent kids!

We’re so excited to launch our new Ashburton Neurodiverse Community Playgroup! 🎉

Together with Playcentre Aotearoa, we’re opening a neurodiverse community playgroup designed to foster connection, understanding, and play.

We’d love to have you join us! Get in touch to secure your spot 💛

Check out all the details below ⬇️

29/01/2026

We are thrilled to have a new Educational Psychologist joining us in March! Libby Gallagher is coming to us with experience as a classroom teacher, a Special Education Advisor at the Ministry of Education and is now a fully fledged Psychologist! We are very excited to welcome her to the team!

21/01/2026

We know school can be a challenging environment for individuals with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA). So we want to hear from you what would be helpful.

What would make school just a little bit easier for you or your child?

This survey is anonymous and will only be used to develop resources and training materials for Autism NZ.

If you would like to complete the survey, please follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/X8BNGJ6

17/01/2026

Are you considering an assessment for your child? We have appointments available from early March for:
Autism/ADHD
Learning (such as Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia, or Intellectual Development Differences)
Giftedness

For more information and to complete the referral form head to www.willowcorner.co.nz

06/01/2026

This will be a “must buy”!!

04/01/2026

How cool is this!!

02/01/2026

Join us for a 4 part webinar series with Dr Ross Greene and explore the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions model for supporting children with concerning behaviour. You will leave with actionable steps to follow and a better understanding of why children struggle and how we can support them.

31/12/2025

Here we are at 2026!!

If you’re considering requesting an assessment for your child, now is a great time to put a referral through! We have appointments available from early February! Check out our website www.willowcorner.co.nz for more information and the referral form.

18/12/2025

Our amazing team have now seen most of the children from our last referral intake, and are now taking referrals for assessments to be started in February/March!

These assessments are for children aged up to 18 years with questions about Autism/ADHD and / or learning needs.

We are also thrilled to be able to extend our availability for learning assessments for possible Dyslexia/Dysgraphia/Dyscalculia.

In 2026 we will be trialling having the referral form constantly available on our website, with updated information on approximate wait times. We hope that this gives families more certainty of an appointment rather than having to wait for an intake date.

To make a referral please see our website, www.willowcorner.co.nz.

16/12/2025

As the end of the year rapidly approaches, the team was locked away to use whatever brain power we had left to escape!! Fortunately, we all made it out unscathed and are now beavering away to finish last few reports for the year!!

A massive thanks to our amazing team for all of their mahi this year!!! Shelley and I are so grateful to have these incredible practitioners to join us in our mission to give kids, their parents and their schools the information and tools that they need to thrive!

01/12/2025

Talk Together have an invaluable webinar coming up this Thursday! They will be talking about speech development in kids and will cover:
Bust the myths- What is actually important when it comes to kids talking and saying speech sounds.

Cover the effects speech has on learning to read and building friendships.

Learn what is normal and what is not.

Provide free resources to take away.

Give you fun and simple ways to support kids.

Have your questions answered: Live Q & A with an experienced Speech Language Therapist & Founder of Talk Together Speech Language Therapy.

The workshop is FREE to attend with separate times for parents and for teachers. Register below!

https://www.talktogether.co.nz/workshops?fbclid=IwZnRzaAObUKtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEerq-s-piVoEswVg0GtT9JRr8r4KkL4p7Q23M4v2qD2N2DPI7GmxAE3oq55SQ_aem_hcbJcfWX_r0CcmyNYDtL7w

Talk Together are Christchurch speech language therapists and we provide parent & teacher workshops for continued education for the children you support.

01/12/2025

The decades-old misconception that autism is a "male or boy thing" has left a lot of women in the lurch, an academic says.

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