Asperger's Services

Nationwide Children's Hospital (NCH) Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders (CASD) provides services to children and adolescents with Asperger’s Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism (HFA). Areas of need are evaluated, and a range of service options are discussed with the family during a Treatment Assessment appointment. Our team consists of psychologists, social workers, and behavioral consults.

Services Provided:

Individual Services:

• Counseling:
  • Individual, regularly-scheduled appointments
• School support:
  • IEP Assistance
  • Behavior Plan Development
  • School-wide Training / In-service
• Home support:
  • Parent Training
  • Behavior Plan Development
  • Skills Acquisition
  • Family Therapy
• Community/Vocational:
  • Young Adult Transition Services
  • Job Training/Assistance

Group Services:

Children and adolescents with Asperger’s / high-functioning autism and their families benefit from learning about their condition and effective ways to cope in a group format. We offer several forms of group intervention, primarily based on age.
All group offerings currently require both child and parent/caregiver participation in concurrent sessions.

ASC-G: Acquiring Social Competence Group: This group involves 10 weekly sessions during which parents and children meet separately to develop basic knowledge and skills that utilize cognitive-behavioral strategies for problem-solving, emotion management, and social skills.

• Participants include:
  • current clients of CASD, plus at least 1 parent/caregiver
  • group for ages 12-14
  • group for ages 15+
• Anticipated Sessions: Tuesday evenings, 5:00 – 7:00pm
  • Spring 2013: April 9 through June 11
  • Fall 2013: September 10 through November 6
  • *Sessions are subject to cancellation without a sufficient number of participants to form a group.
• Estimated Cost:
  • Estimated cost is $187.04 per weekly session. Insurance & other funding sources may be utilized for payment, if approved through pre-authorization.
• How to Enroll:
  • For current clients: Ask your Case Supervisor or Psychologist to make the referral to the group.
  • To become a client of the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders: start the process by scheduling a treatment Assessment. Please contact an Autism Resource Coordinator (ARC) at (614) 355-8315.

MF-PEP: Multi-Family Psycho-Educational Psychotherapy: This group involves 9 weekly sessions during which parents and children meet separately to develop basic knowledge and skills that utilize cognitive-behavioral strategies for problem-solving, emotion management, and social skills.

• Participants:
  • Current clients of CASD, plus at least 1 parent/caregiver
  • Group for ages 8-11
• Anticipated Sessions: Wednesday evenings, 5:00 – 6:30 pm
  • Spring 2013: April 10 - June 5
  • Fall 2013: September 11 - November 6
  • *Sessions are subject to cancellation without a sufficient number of participants to form a group.
• Estimated Cost:
  • Estimated cost is $187.04 per weekly session. Insurance & other funding sources may be utilized for payment, if approved through pre-authorization.
• How to Enroll:
  • For current clients: Ask your Case Supervisor or Psychologist to make the referral to the group.
  • To become a client of Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders: start the process by scheduling a treatment Assessment. Please contact an Autism Resource Coordinator (ARC) at (614) 355-8315.

Have additional questions on these groups or other services offered at Nationwide Children's Hospital Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders?

Contact Melissa Lawrence at 614-355-8315 ext. 82024 or Melissa.Lawrence@Nationwidechildrens.org.