Thrive Learning and Behaviour Assessment Services

29/06/2025

Thrive offers assessment services; her "sister" IncludeME offers Agency and Facilitation Support. Read about what people are saying about Pippa's professionalism. Same lady, same passion, different accreditations.

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01/06/2025

Want to talk about testing fo differences? I have some time tomorrow. Contact me through my website and I'll get in touch.

Thrive Ax provides convenient access to assessment of Learning and Behavioural Assessment Services. We work with families and schools to ensure a shared understanding of a relevant diagnosis and the tools to support your child to thrive.

29/05/2025

24/05/2025

I am so incredibly proud of my beautiful neurospicey children who are crafting a colourful place in a world which seems as if it is beginning to embrace creativity, differences and charisma while allowing them to thrive (Pun intended, :-)) ..... I may begin to exhale, ..... soon..... ,

12/05/2025

Love this piece , it was shared with me a while back when my own child was diagnosed with Autism, ADHD and ID and it keeps resonating with me so thought I would share it.

Let me know your thoughts , Pippa

WELCOME TO HOLLAND
by
Emily Perl Kingsley
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help
people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would
feel. It's like this......
When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a
bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David.
The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.
After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go.
Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland."
"Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in
Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy."
But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay.
The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of
pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place.
So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And
you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.
It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've
been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around.... and you begin to notice
that Holland has windmills....and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.
But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about
what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's
where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."
And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away... because the loss of that dream is a
very very significant loss.
But... if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free
to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things ... about Holland.
1987 by Emily Perl Kingsley

22/04/2025

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22/04/2025

Many ask me : Can you diagnose, are you allowed? In short, YES, but not for everything. When it comes to learning, education, and Behavioural differences, private practice is by far the most suitable and efficient way to obtain the information you need to support your child's success. However, there are some medical contexts that require clinical input , either instead of or in addition to the empirical assessments that I conduct. In these cases, I refer to others if necessary for confirmation. The reality is that it is always best to work through me and explore your options and relevant pathways.

31/03/2025

Navigating the path to getting a diagnosis in New Zealand can feel overwhelming. Discover what to expect throughout the process! Read more here:

If your chosen assessor/diagnostician neither requests nor requires your detailed observations and input, then you have picked the wrong one

23/03/2025

Awesome to see that Thrive has 20 followers ! Thanks all ! Exciting start . Please feel free to share our page to any of your groups you are apart of . Here’s wishing you a great week ahead , and remember to get started on testing your child . Knowledge is powerful !

10/03/2025

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19/02/2025

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