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Provides a resource center for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) information and services. Staff is available to meet with families and professionals to help determine what information and resources will best suit their needs. Supports and services are offered to assist individuals and their caregivers regarding all aspects of autism spectrum disorder.

Services include:

-Screening.

-Diagnostics.

-Social skills.

-Consultation.

-Family navigation.

-Coaching.

-Community outreach.

-Training.

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Life Coaching
Social Skills Training
Pediatric Developmental Screening
Specialized Information and Referral

Services include:

- Speech and Language Therapy.

- Inclusive Child Care (0-6 years old).

- Inclusive Child Care (6-18 years old).

- Social Skills Camp.

- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).

- Social Skills Supports.

- Autism Resource Room: Open to general public by appointment.

Offers to help families and children manage mental health challenges, healthy choices, and social issues at home and in the community. Services are provided in the home on a weekly basis, sometimes more often if needed. This allows children and families to learn and apply skills in their natural setting. Areas addressed include communication, conflict resolution, social skills, and emotional coping.

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Conflict Resolution Training
Social Skills Training
Mental Health Intervention Programs
Offers skill-building services to help children and young adults increase their independence and confidence. Each child has their own set of goals to improve communication, motor, and social skills. Program allows children and young adults to safely explore their community, and join activities they're interested in by focusing on learning life skills from learning to make a bed or do their laundry, to getting a library card or planning a night with their friends.

Provides mental and behavioral health services for children and adolescents. Services for children include, psychiatric evaluations, medication management, individual and family therapy services such as PLAY therapy, cognitive behavior therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.

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General Counseling Services
Social Skills Training
Anger Management
Abuse Counseling

-- Advocacy Program: Intensive one-on-one services that include mentoring, role modeling, and social skills building.

-- Norman Housing Services: This program provides services to DCFS clients who lack adequate housing.

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Social Skills Training
Mentoring Programs
Homeless Permanent Supportive Housing
Offers those in need the opportunity to practice learned skills within the community. The program offers opportunities for clients to enhance their life skills, deal with day-to-day symptoms and life issues, manage their medication, leisure activities, social skills, health issues, and strategies to prevent isolation.
The Training Advancement Skills in the Community (TASC) Day Habilitation program is an organized program of activities designed to foster the acquisition of skills, build positive social behavior and interpersonal competence, greater independence and personal choice. Day Habilitation services are designed and developed in a manner that is individualized and focused on enabling the member to attain or maintain their maximum potential. TASC defines the scope of these services and supports based on the identified needs and desires of the person served. Services offered enable and enhance the member's: intellectual functioning, physical and emotional health and development, language and communication development, cognitive functioning, socialization and community integration, functional skill development, behavior management, responsibility and self direction, daily living skills, self-advocacy skills or mobility.

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Behavior Modification
Life Skills Education
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Social Skills Training

Provides a resource center for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) information and services. Staff is available to meet with families and professionals to help determine what information and resources will best suit their needs. Supports and services are offered to assist individuals and their caregivers regarding all aspects of autism spectrum disorder.

Services include:

-Screening.

-Diagnostics.

-Social skills.

-Consultation.

-Family navigation.

-Coaching.

-Community outreach.

-Training.

Categories

Life Coaching
Social Skills Training
Pediatric Developmental Screening
Specialized Information and Referral

Offers various services to diagnose and treat autism for individuals of all ages.

Services include:

-- Autism assessment.

-- Autism therapy.

-- Social skills groups.

-- Autism Resource Directory with referrals for services.

Workshops for at-risk young adults. Provides life skills development opportunities in the following areas

- Communication and interpersonal skills.
- Decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- Creative thinking and critical thinking.
- Self-awareness and self-control.
- Empathy.

Autism services to children and adults. Services include:

- Speech and Language Therapy.

- Adult Social Group.

- Day Vocational Training.

- Autism Resource Room (open to general public by appointment)

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) provides instruction to improve the day-to-day life of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or other developmental disabilities. ABA instruction, typically offered in a one-on-one setting to meet the needs of each learner, is focused on teaching skills and decreasing behaviors that interfere with learning. Instruction focuses on an individual's learning or behavior needs, working on improving skills such as taking turns, waiting in line, interactive play with peers, joining play, and initiating and maintaining conversations.

Social Skills Camp is a 6 week summer camp designed for adolescents who are on the Autism spectrum. The camp provides educational and therapy services. Instruction and training will take place as a group and one-on-one.

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Autism Therapy
Speech Therapy
Social Skills Training
Vocational Education
Training Advancement Skills in the Community provides supportive services for people with disabilities who are living in their own apartments/homes. Support services available include, but are not limited to: medication management, transportation, meal planning, and budgeting. Trainings for the use of community resources, home and community safety, and social skills are also available. The agency can provide assistance for up to 24 hours/day.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Disability Related Transportation
Medication Information/Management
Social Skills Training
Social skills group led by speech language pathologist. Social Smarts Group meets weekly for six weeks and focuses on improved social skills in a small group setting with similarly aged peers; children and teenagers. An experienced speech pathologists leads the group.
Offers skill-building services to help children and young adults increase their independence and confidence. Each child has their own set of goals to improve communication, motor, and social skills. Program allows children and young adults to safely explore their community, and join activities they're interested in by focusing on learning life skills from learning to make a bed or do their laundry, to getting a library card or planning a night with their friends.

Offers to help families and children manage mental health challenges, healthy choices, and social issues at home and in the community. Services are provided in the home on a weekly basis, sometimes more often if needed. This allows children and families to learn and apply skills in their natural setting. Areas addressed include communication, conflict resolution, social skills, and emotional coping.

Categories

Conflict Resolution Training
Social Skills Training
Mental Health Intervention Programs

Provides:

- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy.

- Social skills groups.

- Individual and family therapy.

- Parent and community trainings.

- Autism resources.

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Autism Therapy
Specialized Information and Referral
Social Skills Training
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Disease/Disability Information

Provides supportive services, guidance, and situational intervention to allow individuals to maintain or enhance their ability to live in the Rockford community and surrounding area.

Work with each individual to develop and initiate a support plan to meet their needs and personal goals.

Assists individuals in securing services and opportunities not provided by Milestone.

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Social Skills Training
Prevocational Training
Offers skill-building services to help children and young adults increase their independence and confidence. Each child has their own set of goals to improve communication, motor, and social skills. Program allows children and young adults to safely explore their community, and join activities they're interested in by focusing on learning life skills from learning to make a bed or do their laundry, to getting a library card or planning a night with their friends.
Day habilitation includes classes and activities to help individuals optimize their personal and social competency to live successfully in the community.

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Social Skills Training
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Developmental Disabilities Activity Centers