by Sarah Sheppard | Apr 5, 2022 | Best Practice Blog
Finding Safe Ways to Stretch During the month of March, CA Adult Programs hosted a parent support group and educational training for parents and adults on “launching with love.” Both groups were hosted by our LCSW coach Erin Delp and facilitated wonderful discussion...
by Emma Rutstein | Mar 10, 2022 | Best Practice Blog
Listening vs. Hearing You’ve probably heard the phrase, “lend a listening ear” before and perhaps not thought much of it. In fact, that saying says a lot about how we can support our loved ones and people we encounter on a daily basis. There is a big difference...
by Sarah Sheppard | Mar 2, 2022 | Best Practice Blog
What can we start doing now, at home to prepare our adolescent or adult for independence? This is a question I am frequently asked by parents and supportive parties who have a neurodiverse adolescent or adult living at home. For most transition-age youth, adulthood is...
by Sarah McCaig | Feb 18, 2022 | Best Practice Blog
Kitchen Skills and Independence As part of our curriculum in CA’s programs for adults on the spectrum, we coach through developing kitchen skills. Clients enter into our programs with a range of kitchen knowledge. It all begins with exposure. Once, when baking...
by Emma Rutstein | Jan 13, 2022 | Best Practice Blog
I am often asked what a person in my position as a counselor does. It is a job, a service really, that is difficult to describe in just a sentence or two. The term counselor can mean so many different things, and that is apt, because my job encompasses so many...
