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Acorn is a strengths-based, innovative, affirming psychological evaluation center for all neurodevelopmental questions for kids aged 0-21 on the Main Line and in the Greater Philadelphia Area.

05/22/2026

Tonight was very special. 🎁 💝

Acorn Child Development and Evaluation was recognized for ✨ 2026 Best Neurodevelopmental Evaluations ✨ by Main Line Parent and tonight we had the chance to walk the red carpet, get followed by paparazzi, spend time hugging some true movers and shakers and bask in the glow of knowing that we are serving our community in the best way we know how.

What a way to celebrate nearly 🌟 1️⃣ 🌟 year of Acorn Child Development and Evaluation!

Building this has allowed me to create something entirely grounded, from start to finish, in my value system: strengths based, evidence based, relationships first, with a heart in service. Because of you, this is possible.

Thank you to the community who nominated us, thank you for trusting us in your most vulnerable moments and thank you for allowing us to walk alongside you in your journey. We are so honored to be a small part of it.

- thank you for a beautiful night! 🤩❤️

“Those [insert accommodation here] are just enabling him. He won’t be prepared for the real world if we let him….”🗣️ I h...
05/15/2026

“Those [insert accommodation here] are just enabling him. He won’t be prepared for the real world if we let him….”

🗣️ I hear versions of this all the time when it comes to accommodations. The fear of “enabling”.

And honestly? Yes — accommodations do enable.
That’s the point.

💡 They enable access, participation, regulation, learning, and dignity.

❌Accommodations are not the absence of expectations.
✅ They are what make expectations reachable.

❌Accessibility is not lowering the bar.
✅ It’s removing barriers that never needed to be there in the first place.

Accommodations:
✅ Glasses
✅ Wheelchairs
✅ Elevators
✅ GPS navigation
✅ Nonslip mats
✅ Closed captions
✅ Rolling suitcases
✅ Noise cancelling headphones

💡 Accommodations are access. Accommodations support equity.

05/06/2026

🧠 ADHD, dopamine and screens (simplified) 🧠

📱 🖥️ Ever wondered about ADHD brains and screens? What’s going on under the hood?

When we take away a screen, that dopamine drop, in an already inefficient system, is now down to BELOW baseline. Oof, that makes a hard situation even harder.

✨ Here’s a break down of the “why” and one easy tweak we can make!

04/30/2026

🌟 Have you been told you have a 2e child? Or suspect that you might?

🧐 What is 2e anyway?

🌱 Twice‑exceptionality (2e) means a person is both gifted in one area and has a learning difference or disability in other, creating a mix of remarkable strengths and real challenges. It’s not “either/or”—it’s both at the same time, and that combination deserves to be understood, not overlooked.

🔍 An evaluation that looks closely at both sides, areas of advanced ability and areas of struggle, matters because it reveals the appropriate course of intervention to make sure this profile doesn’t fall through the cracks. It helps explain why someone can shine in one moment and feel stuck in the next, and they may need support that actually fits a pretty idiosyncratic presentation. When strengths and needs are identified together, we can build environments where 2e learners don’t just cope, they thrive.

✨ Strengths deserve nurturing. Challenges deserve support. Twice‑exceptional learners deserve both.

04/16/2026

✨ Good Inside meets Neurodivergent Kids ✨

It’s happening! For years we knew Good Inside was packed full of amazing support, but we also knew that neurodivergent kids needed their own tailored support strategies. These kids sometimes just need something different. So…we are making it!

✨ Where to start? Join and me LIVE: https://www.goodinside.com/adhd/ for a workshop on supporting the toughest moments with our kids with ADHD on April 21st at 12pm EST!

Cannot wait to see you there!
Sign up here: https://www.goodinside.com/adhd/

✨ We are incredibly proud to accept the 2026 Main Line Parent Award for Best Neurodevelopmental Evaluations ✨ 🌱 Acorn Ch...
03/24/2026

✨ We are incredibly proud to accept the 2026 Main Line Parent Award for Best Neurodevelopmental Evaluations ✨

🌱 Acorn Child Development and Evaluation may have been the new kid on the block this year, but we arrived with a clear mission and a whole lot of heart. From day one, we’ve been driven by a belief that psychological evaluations are a form of advocacy. They should feel human, strengths-based and deeply attuned to each child’s story: not rushed, not transactional, and never one‑size‑fits‑all.

What we bring to the community this year is always more than a service. We bring:

✔️Passion for helping families feel seen and understood
✔️Idealism about what this process can be when done with care
✔️ Advocacy that centers the child’s dignity and strengths
✔️ Inspiration to reimagine evaluation as a collaborative, empowering, advocacy-centered experience
✔️ A commitment to clarity, accessibility, and neurodiversity‑affirming practice

This award reflects the trust families placed in Acorn during our very first year.

⚡️ We’re humbled, energized, grounded, and excited for what comes next as we continue building a practice where children feel safe, parents feel supported, and every evaluation opens doors rather than ever narrowing possibilities.

02/18/2026

“The Re-do”-Why is this one of my favorite interventions? 🥇

1. It sets a boundary without a lecture
2. It de-escalates instead of fueling a tenuous situation
3. It preserves the relationship
4. It gives kids an opportunity to FIX what went wrong without judgment.

Sometimes I truly believe the simplest interventions can go the furthest.

🤔 What could this like look in real life?

1️⃣ Your child screams “I hate you!” and instead of screaming back or taking away dessert for a week, you can simply take a breath and say “re-do”. (You can also try a variation like, “those are big words! You can come back and try again when you’re ready”)

2️⃣Your child throws the wet towel on the floor instead of hanging it up. As they talk on and on about Minecraft and conveniently ignore the towel, you can put up a hand (to pause) and point to the towel and say “re-do”, and then allow them to continue on.

Anyone else like a lecture/yelling/nagging bypass?

Let me know below ⬇️ how this works for you! 💪

📣I had a meeting with a family today that reminded me of how much of an echo chamber I live in. One of the parents I wor...
12/15/2025

📣I had a meeting with a family today that reminded me of how much of an echo chamber I live in.

One of the parents I worked with asked “Okay, but as he gets older, we can’t just keep giving him headphones and sensory breaks; he’ll get used to it… like what about high school or college or even a job? Won’t it just be like a crutch?”

I stopped in my tracks. 🛑

I do not judge this comment. This was coming from a parent who was afraid they would not be setting their child up for success; that they would be enabling their child who would become “dependent” on support and not know how to stand on their own two feet. 👣

💭I realized that this is probably a very common thought.

This is what I said: Accommodations allow for equity. When you use a wheelchair and you have a ramp, what was inaccessible becomes accessible. Accommodations for neurodivergent children allow for this accessibility (e.g., of attention, regulation, cognitive resources, social awareness) that would otherwise simply be… well, inaccessible.

💡 Accommodations = Access.

They’re not crutches. They’re the infrastructure of inclusion.

🛑 Full stop. Your kid did not make you rage. 😤 💡 It might seem like that’s what happened, but what actually happened is ...
12/10/2025

🛑 Full stop. Your kid did not make you rage. 😤

💡 It might seem like that’s what happened, but what actually happened is that they tapped into something within you that you have not healed, explored or learned how to manage. That’s okay— it’s information for next time.

📊 But it’s important information! So often interventions focus on what we need to do to change our child, and of course, there will always be behavior to shape, tools to teach—but what we so often neglect is that our reaction is actually OUR OWN.

🤔 Next time this comes up for you- you fly off the handle, you shut down, you yell, you explode— take that information and consider what it is telling you.

🌱 What kind of work do you need to do to show up in a regulated and intentional way? The answer always starts with us.

❄️ The holidays are here and we are IN it. If you’re feeling the spiral, feeling like you’ve started to lose your footin...
11/27/2025

❄️ The holidays are here and we are IN it. If you’re feeling the spiral, feeling like you’ve started to lose your footing in the quicksand of everyone else’s expectations, traditions, and needs, I want to tell you something:

✨ You are not alone.

✨ You do not need to change your parenting to fit anyone else’s expectations this holiday season — or ever.

✨ Your child doesn’t need a different version of you- they just need you, as you are, and as you’ve always been.

🕯️ Whenever you start losing your light this season , come back here and leave a message. I’ll be sure to remind you 🤍

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14 Elliott Avenue
Bryn Mawr, PA
19010

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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