Autism Outpatient Psychotherapy Program
Nationwide Children's Hospital's 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.
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.
- 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.