Neurodivergence, mental health and additional needs specialists

What we do

Acorn to Oak Education provides specialist coaching, advice, and advocacy for neurodivergent adults and parents/carers of learners with additional needs.

We provide specialist education and therapy services to schools, local authorities, and families as well as advice, training, and practical support.

Our services

  • COUNSELLING

    We offer neurodivergence affirming counselling for adults as well as for parents and carers

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  • COACHING

    We offer coaching for neurodivergent adults, including help accessing workplace support.

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  • EDUCATION

    Our experienced team provides advice, specialist teaching and mentoring, and coordination

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  • EDUCATION PROGRAMMES

    We can help Local Authorities and education settings put together education programmes supporting those with additional needs.

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  • EXECUTIVE AND LEADERSHIP COACHING

    Neurodivergence affirming workplace and leadership coaching via our Through the Ceiling collaboration.

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“Every noble achievement is a dream before it is a reality just as the oak is an acorn before it is a tree”

Patience Strong

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About us

Acorn to Oak Education is a dedicated team with lived experience of neurodivergence, supporting individuals with additional needs and coaching neurodivergent and neurotypical adults, parents, and carers to achieve their personal and professional goals.

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What neurodivergent clients want their therapist to know
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Finding the joy when you are really busy and why it matters
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Finding the joy when you are really busy and why it matters
EOTAS - how, when and why
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EOTAS - how, when and why

Events

View fullsize In her thoughtful essay, Megan Anna Neff dives into the challenges many face during the holiday season—especially for neurodivergent individuals and families. From disrupted routines to sensory overload, she explores why this time of year can f
View fullsize Come to our next microwebinar on navigating the holiday season in a neurodivergence affirming way. We will cover sensory overload, social overwhelm and anxiety, managing energy levels and executive function demands. Join us on Wednesday 4th December
View fullsize Our "Have fun doing the boring stuff" webinar was today. It was so great to see everyone who joined us and to hear about all the great tips in our discussion! Key takeaways were accepting that some tasks feel hard and coming up with ways to
View fullsize EHCP reviews can be overwhelming and bring you back to the tricky things in seeing on paper the challenges your child faces. Before getting into it all again, think about what the top 3 things would be that can make a difference and whether focussing
View fullsize Boring and routine tasks can feel painful! This micro webinar will give you ideas about how to lighten the load and make things easier starting from acknowledging that some tasks just are just hard. You can book in here: https://emea01.safelinks.pro
View fullsize Join our free Lunchtime micro webinar: getting back on track when you run out of steam. Today from 1-2pm! Here is the link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunchtime-microwebinar-getting-back-on-track-when-you-run-out-of-steam-tickets-10240259782
View fullsize Productivity tips can encourage us to keep doing more and more and yet this can be problematic for neurodivergent people especially. We need to grow our energy and capacity as much as focusing on how to get tasks done. Our next free webinar covers ho
View fullsize Join our free lunchtime microwebinar for neurodivergent adults on how to overcome being stuck and how to recover and get moving again! Kate Champion and Silja Turville will talk you through how to compassionately get back on track again. Book your

What people are saying

  • “My child has made the best progress ever in his education since being in a therapeutic educational programme designed and run by the team at Acorn to Oak Education. It is designed around all of his needs, interests and skills with teaching and therapy integrated so he makes quicker progress. He’s happy and enjoys learning now.”

    Parent of a child in an out of school therapeutic educational programme

  • “Highly recommended.”

    Parent of an autistic learner, school placement package

  • “Our school placement broke down at the start of the summer term and by that half term we had accepted a place at a new provision for September with a plan for home based learning in between developed for us by the Acorn to Oak Education team. The new placement was in a setting we did not know before and has been a complete success. Thank you so much as we knew we were in great hands and it took the stress out of this difficult situation.”

    Parent of a learner identified with mental health needs, school placement package

  • “You’ve saved me the enormously daunting task of investigating all of this myself, and I’d never have found so many options without your help.”

    Parent of a highly able autistic learner

  • “I had spent years trying to find any relevant provision near us and thanks to the search now know all the local options plus their strengths and weaknesses.”

    Parent of a learner identified with SLCN and specific learning difficulties, school shortlist

  • “The kids love learning these great learning and life skills with Vicky and Leonie. Thank you for a great course.”

    ASDAN out of school learning programme

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