Able ARTS Work – San Diego
Contact: (562) 826-7035
Website: Music And Art Are Vital Tools | Able ARTS Work | United States
Services: Adult Day Programs, Community Engagement, and Creative Enrichment
Locations: 11633 Sorrento Valley Road Suite 400 San Diego, CA 92121
DeleteAscent Autism
Website: https://ascentautism.com
Services: Ascent provides social skills group therapy. We help individuals with autism develop their social skills and grow social and emotional bonds with peers.
DeleteBeacons
Website: https://www.beaconsnorthcounty.com/club-beacons
Services: To empower teens 16+ years and older with intellectual and developmental disabilities to achieve their vision of success, with purpose and joy to the best of their ability. Through our on-site (and off-site) structured programs, workshops, services and activities based on these individuals' preferences and needs, Beacons, Inc. strives to equip individuals with developmental disabilities (as well as their families, and care teams) with knowledge, tools, and support to help them succeed.
Location: San Diego County
Contact: (760) 448-6230
DeleteMeet Up
Contact: 858-715-0678
Website: Autism Society San Diego Events (meetup.com) or Autism Society San Diego | The Connection is You.
Services: The Autism Society San Diego connects people to the resources they need through education, advocacy, support, information and referral, and community programming. Meetup members must be at least 18 years old. Any children present at an event on Meetup must be supervised by a parent or guardian.
DeleteOptions for All
Contact: (858) 634-2403 email: info@optionsforall.org
Website: Film & Media (optionsforall.org)
Services: Options for All provide services for adults with I/DD seeking skill-building vocational training, belonging in their community, expressing oneself through creativity, community or independent living, and more! Their programs celebrate the uniqueness and diversity of our community and pride themselves on providing support that creates an actual difference our participants and communities can experience.
Locations: Greater San Diego and Inland Empire
DeleteOutschool – Online Classes
Website: https://outschool.com/online-classes
Services: Online sessions and classes tailored for neurodiverse children to work on social skills
DeleteOutside the Lens – San Diego
Contact: (858) 349-7578 email: info@outsidethelens.org
Website: San Diego Photography Education, Media Outreach, Workshops | Outside the Lens
Services: The mission of Outside the Lens is to amplify youth voices through photography, filmmaking, and digital media art, catalyzing change within themselves, their community, and the world. Their innovative program engages youth, encourages them to tell their stories and teaches them that participation in their community’s future makes a difference. We use cameras and digital media along with a proven educational strategy that allows youth to think creatively, engage in issues that are important to them and advocate for social change.
Locations: 125 14th Street, San Diego, CA 92101
DeletePEERS Social Skills Group for Adolescents
Website: https://www.semel.ucla.edu/peers/teens
Services: Teens are taught social skills through didactic lessons and role-play demonstrations, and practice these skills during group socialization activities. Parents attend separate sessions simultaneously and are taught how to assist their teens in making and keeping friends.
Contact: 310-267-3377
Email: peersclinic@ucla.edu
Location: Semel Institute 760 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles , CA 90024
DeleteRCHSD Autism Discovery Institute (ADI) – Hi Fives
Contact: (858) 966-7453, ext. 246170
Services: A social skills group for children with autism spectrum disorders at or around 5 years of age. Goals for Hi Fives include: reciprocity in social interactions, flexibility in play, negotiating, joint decision making and making new friends. The group will include a parent-training component at the onset and in the middle of the 12-week group.
DeleteRCHSD Autism Discovery Institute (ADI) - LINC’d (Listen, Interact, Negotiate, Cooperate)
Contact: (858) 966-7453, ext. 246170
Services: A co-ed social skills group for children with autism spectrum disorders between 7-9 years of age. Objectives for the group include: learn about the components of friendship, learn to listen to, negotiate and cooperate with others, maintain reciprocal interactions, increase frustration tolerance and learn how to deal wtih teasing and bullying. The group will include a parent-training component at the onset and in the middle of the 12-week group.
DeleteRCHSD Autism Discovery Institute (ADI) - PEERS
Contact: (858) 966-7453, ext. 246170
Services: A social skills group for adolescents ages 12-17 with difficulties making and keeping friends, and their parents. Teens learn to use appropriate conversational skills, find common interests by trading information, appropriately use humor, handle rejection, teasing and bullying, and more. PEERS also includes a parent group equipping parents on how to assist their teens in making and keeping friends, expand their teen’s social network, and provide feedback through coaching. PEERS is open to adolescents with any diagnosis associated with social difficulties, including autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, anxiety disorder and social communication disorder.
DeleteRevision
Contact: (619) 994-3218
Website: Revision | San Diego | Home (revisionsandiego.com)
Services: Revision Project is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide inclusive access to art, culture, social practice and environmental education through the framework of a creative workspace.
Locations: 8691 La Mesa Blvd La Mesa, CA 91942 and 3609 4th Ave, San Diego, CA 92103
DeleteS.K.I.P. Supporting Kids Involving Parents
Website: https://temeculaca.gov/807/Special-Needs-Programs
Services: The S.K.I.P. (Supporting Kids Involving Parents) Program, is an exciting "parent and me" program that provides children with special needs opportunities for sensory enrichment, improvement of social skills, recreational play, and parent support. While children learn and grow, parents interact with others who understand what it is like to raise a child with special needs. Ages: 0-12
DeleteSocial Communication Specialist
Contact: 858-558-9552
Email: info@socialcommunicationspecialists.com
Website: https://socialcommunicationspecialists.com/
Services: At SCS we provide both one-on-one and group social thinking therapy where children, teens and young adults learn and practice social communication.
Location: 5703 Oberlin Dr, Ste 207 San Diego, CA 92121
DeleteTesserae Family Therapy: PEERS
Contact: (858) 771-4359
Website: https://tesseraefamilytherapy.com/peers/
Services: PEERS is a mannualized, social skills training program for adolescents (12-17) with social difficulties. The goal is to learn how to make and keep friends.
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