At Koru We Are Dedicated To Hope, Healing And Growth
Koru Specialist Services
Screening, diagnostics, prevention and training
Koru Specialist Services provides comprehensive specialist support for clients by bringing together psychologists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologist, audiologist, paediatricians, psychiatrists, and education specialists.
Our clients receive comprehensive assessment, treatment plans, and therapeutic intervention developed from a brain-based – neurodiverse perspective with input from our multidisciplinary team.
Our Approach
Koru multidisciplinary team adopts a neurodevelopmental approach to assessment and treatment. Our approach considers the life of our clients as a whole. In order to address issues effectively, we believe we need a complete picture of a client’s development and cognitive functioning. The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) and the Polyvagal Theory underpin all the work that we do. It is the emotional shift made possible by understanding differently. Koru’s collaborative approach ensures that each client’s unique strengths, challenges, and support needs are thoroughly understood. This holistic and person-centred understanding informs tailored recommendations and interventions.
Navigating all the available information about neurodevelopmental conditions and diagnostic assessment can be overwhelming, with numerous websites offering quick ASD or ADHD quizzes, it’s easy to get lost in misinformation or oversimplified results. However, when it comes to understanding neurodevelopmental conditions, a reliable and accurate diagnosis is crucial. At Koru, we offer expert-led assessments designed to distinguish genuine clinical signs from common misconceptions and cooccurring conditions. Our team relies on professional training, evidence-based tools, and a compassionate approach to ensure every assessment is thorough, accurate, and tailored to the client’s needs.
Koru’s specialist team has been working in the neurodiverse space for the past nine years. We are well-known for providing specialist assessment, training, therapeutic, and culturally appropriate support for clients of all ages and the systems that care for them. Our team is experienced in delivering gold-standard services to our vulnerable population in care, with a reputation working closely with government departments and social workers. We are an outreach service, ensuring we can reach most warmly clients in a timely manner.
The exact assessment tools used, depend on the client’s age and their individual needs.
What We Do
We work with clients of all ages and backgrounds who have:
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
- Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
- Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Intellectual Disability (ID)
- Global Development Delay (GDD)
- Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD)
- Mood Disorders/Mental Health Conditions
- Experienced Trauma
- Other Neurodiverse Conditions
Thanks for the support and guidance you have given the client, his family and us at school to help the client’s transition and inclusion at school. We had another very successful meeting today and your significant contributions were discussed several times.
We continue to be pleased with how the client is settling in and look forward to this continuing. Thanks from us.
Our Services
- FASTRAC (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Team Response Around the Child)
- FASD Caregiver Curriculum
- TACTIC (Team Around the Child Trauma Informed Care)
- INDIVIDUALISED TAILORED TRAINING PROGRAMMES
Meet The Team
Our multi-disciplinary team brings a wealth of knowledge, expertise and experience from across the globe. Koru –FASD Multi-Disciplinary Diagnostic Team members are qualified FASD diagnosticians and have completed intensive FASD training – Canada FASD Research Network(CanFASD), Asante Centre in Vancouver, University of Washington–FASD DPN in Seattle and Child Development Services in Australia.
Dr. Elda Botes
Clinical Director
Lindsay Brand
Psychologist
Amhiel Botes
iLs Practitioner
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Koru – FASD Multi-Disciplinary Diagnostic Team’s collective aim is to serve individuals with FASD, the families that care for them, and the system that supports them.
Screening for prenatal alcohol exposure and a possible FASD diagnosis can help families, professionals and clients to access the services and supports needed to be successful.
Koru-FASD Multi-Disciplinary Diagnostic Team educates families, caregivers, professionals and others living, supporting and working with individuals with a FASD.
