Autism Intervention
There are many things to consider when discussing intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).
We base our therapies on your child’s age and unique profile and strive to highlight their strengths and build up their weaknesses.
For group intervention and social-skill building, please check our group page here.
Preschool
Early intervention for preschool-age children focuses on supporting families, skill-building, play therapy, building connectedness to others, behavioural intervention, emotions regulation, and developing language and communication skills.
Primary
For primary school age children with ASD, we focus on social connectedness, communication skills, anxiety and behaviour management and creating independence.
Secondary
For adults with ASD, we will work on anxiety management, social connectedness, managing workplaces, relationships and difficulties with routines and sleep.
We offer a variety of therapy options to clients with ASD, determined by their age. These options will also provide our clients with the tools to manage many common themes seen throughout their lifelong development.
Anxiety, for example, is a common challenge for a person with autism throughout their lives. As such, we use a combination of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), mindfulness and behavioural intervention to help manage anxiety with a different focus over different ages.
Inclusions
Psychology intervention includes:
Social Thinking
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Behavioural Intervention
Mindfulness
Play Therapy
DIR Floortime
Social Stories
Comic Strip Conversations
Parent Education and Parents as Therapists
Speech Pathology intervention includes:
Increase Utterances
Increase Word Frequency
Increase Sentence Length
Grammar
Articulation
Conversational Speech
Hanen: More Than Words
Social Thinking
Group Social Skills
Parent Education