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 Teal C. | Feb 24, 2022 | Views from the Spectrum
When most people think about changes, they usually feel fear before they realize that what they might be feeling is normal. Believe it or not, everyone goes through that anxious feeling. Many people with autism (and without it) deal with fear of change constantly....
by Emma Rutstein | Feb 15, 2022 | Best Practice Blog, Work-Life Balance
Using Social Work Practices in My Role as a Counselor In June of 2021 I was told about the amazing opportunity to work as a counselor in the Adult Services Program at CA Human Services. I was coming up on my second (and last) year of graduate school to earn my degree...
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...
by Sarah Sheppard | Jan 6, 2022 | Best Practice Blog
Leading up to January 1 and well into the first month of the year, loved ones ask, “What are your New Year’s Resolutions?” Some of us have our thoughtful list of goals and wishes for the upcoming year at the ready. Resolutions for self-care, healthy habits,...
