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.
We’re raising donations this April to build a Birchtree playground! Your (tax-deductible) gift will allow our students with autism to get outside to exercise, play and learn–at a time when healthy outdoor activities are more important than ever. Birchtree’s staff is doing this fundraiser as part of our annual Wellness Challenge. Thanks for your support!
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. 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.