AST services include 1:1 sessions with direct staff who work in clients’ homes, online, and in the community to teach and practice using skills.

AST Domains:

- Social Skills

- Community Awareness

- Self-Advocacy

Sexuality and Relationship Education (SRE) sessions include direct 1:1 and/or group instruction from specially trained SRE staff.

An individualized, age-appropriate, comprehensive sexual education has been shown to reduce risky behaviors in all people, including those with disabilities. Learning about social norms, laws, boundaries, and healthy behaviors leads to better decision-making skills, which results in higher self-esteem and quality of life.

Depending on each client’s specific need, SRE topics may include:

- Private/Public Places & Behaviors

- Building Relationships

- Puberty

- Masturbation

- Flirting

- Giving and Receiving Consent

And more!

SOAR groups offer clients a place to connect with peers, practice social skills, use self-advocacy skills, learn about sexuality and relationships, and explore the community with support and guidance from trained staff. Groups are created on an ongoing basis to cover topics that follow client interests and may be online or in person, depending on client preferences and needs.

Current Groups

- 20’s Group (Online via Zoom)

- Social Skills with Mentors Group

- Power Gals Group

- Dungeons & Dragons Group

Coming Soon

- Yoga & Art Group

SOAR's mental health therapists have training and experience treating people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our providers focus on increasing self-advocacy, self-worth, empowerment, agency, awareness of self, and confidence in daily routines and daily life. Counseling sessions are person-centered and have a strengths-based approaches to address therapeutic goals. Individualized treatment plans are modified and adapted to meet the unique complexities of our clients who explore therapeutic services, including co-occurring disorders, such as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, shame and guilt, everyday stressors, and trauma.

Behavior services include caregiver and client consultation with a BCBA to…

- Find creative solutions for challenging behaviors

- Have facilitated conversations to increase perspective taking and self-advocacy skills

- Discuss evidence-based strategies to increase skills client is interested in learning

Interested in learning more about how to support and engage your child or mutual client with SOAR? We offer clinical expertise and collaboration to meet your current needs and find creative solutions for challenging behaviors.