The Birchtree Center exists to promote independence, engaging relationships, and productive lives for children and youth with autism at home, at school, and in the community.
We offer the only program of its kind in the state of New Hampshire.
In January 2021 The Birchtree Center relocated to a wonderful new building at 215 Commerce Way in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. You can take a video tour of the new building here. And you can read about Governor Sununu’s recent visit to our new building here. THANK YOU to everyone who helped make Birchtree’s new home possible!
To support community-wide efforts to slow the transmission of the COVID-19 virus, The Birchtree Center is closed to non-essential visitors at this time. Birchtree’s autism experts are offering in-person services for Birchtree’s day-school students in small student cohorts at our center. We are also providing home-based services, remote instruction, and consultation as needed. Birchtree’s current COVID policies are here. Individuals with questions for our staff can call us or submit a query online.
THANK YOU to everyone who donated to Birchtree this spring to build a Birchtree playground! You helped us raise over $44,000 towards the project–exceeding our original fundraising goal and breaking our previous record for our annual Wellness Challenge fundraiser! If you intended to donate but haven’t contributed yet, you can still donate here. We look forward to installing the playground later this year and will keep you posted on our progress!