Physical
Adventure Therapy:
Through adventure, challenge, and teamwork, the participants will learn about themselves, how to manage their emotions and behaviour
Big Fun Gym:
Occupational Therapist run gymnastic sessions. The focus of Big Fun Gym is for ākonga to develop movement skills using a wide variety of gym equipment.
Jolt Dancing:
Creating connection, expression and belonging through the freedom of inclusive dance.
Riding for the Disabled:
Christchurch Riding for the Disabled provides goal-based riding activities that increase the ability, strength and confidence of people with physical, intellectual, emotional and social challenges.
Sensory Swimming:
Saturday afternoons, from 2pm to 4pm, at Pioneer Learn to Swim pool. Bookings Essential.
Special Olympics Canterbury:
Special Olympics Canterbury provides sporting and social opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities.
Tamariki TIMA:
Tamariki TIMA is a specifically tailored adapted physical activity program for kids aged 5-12 years old who have a disability.
Social
Buddy Zone:
Enables students them to feel comfortable and be socially accepted without feeling misunderstood.
Socially Speaking:
Socially Speaking helps children, teens and young adults with social, sensory and communication difficulties to better understand themselves, and to meet the challenges of the world around them.
Talk Together:
Supports kids, teens & young adults to form meaningful friendships, build self-confidence and understand others.
Willow Corner - Connect Groups:
These sessions aim to provide a safe space to help young people reflect on their experiences as neurodivergent individuals.
Wise-Up
Wise-Up is a 10-session life skills programme to build confidence, cope with worry, build self-esteem, develop social skills, manage emotions and keep themselves safe. Wise-Up runs every term in different schools and community venues around Christchurch.
Activities
Neurodivergent Cooking Classes:
In this program the young adults will be able to learn a life skill, gain confidence, independence, and get involved with their family day to day.
Southern Sensory Centre:
Learn, explore, create and stimulate your senses through the use of innovative lighting and sound technology.
Southern Music Therapy
We assist our clients in attaining, maintaining or regaining optimum levels of functioning or adaptation in all areas of development and well-being.
Reframe Wāngana Classes:
Reframe Wānanga is a platform that provides innovative programs to learn about Mental Health in Aotearoa-New Zealand.
Learning/wellbeing
Āwhina Mai Wellbeing Services:
A dedicated team of qualified and registered Psychologists, Social Workers and Counsellors have the skills and experience to help you find a sense of meaning, belonging and identity.
Clarity Dyslexia Solutions:
Clarity Assessments provides psychometric assessments for school students, including those for whom special assessment conditions for NCEA may apply.
Learning Matters:
iDeaL Specialists are a growing national network of motivated and passionate specialists who provide gold standard, evidence-based structured literacy intervention to students across New Zealand.
New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists (NZCCP):
The College aims to provide a process by which trained and competent clinical psychologists can be identified and distinguished from others offering mental health services.
Incandescent:
Support and individually curated for females who identify as neurodivergent
Seabrook McKenzie Trust
The Seabrook McKenzie Centre provides thorough and comprehensive assessment and assistance for those with Specific Learning Disabilities. The Seabrook McKenzie Centre team of qualified professionals consists of psychologists, occupational therapists and specialist teachers.
SPELD NZ
SPELD NZ is a not-for-profit organisation that specialises in assisting people with dyslexia and other specific learning disabilities.
Therapy Professionals
Christchurch based team of therapists, providing assessment, treatment and consultation services specialising in intellectual and physical disabilities
Train the Brain
Expert help for learning disabilities e.g. dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, dyspraxia and other processing disorders