Growth & Wellness

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At Growth & Wellness, we focus on improving your strengths in order to better achieve your goals. We provide a nurturing environment to craft tools you can use to handle life’s most difficult challenges and feel more fulfilled. We pull from a variety of evidence-based practices in order to create a service specifically for you.

We aim to provide quality therapeutic care through education, support, empathy, and empowerment. We believe that with the right support, humans are capable of growth from their first breath to their last.

We offer high quality services to provide personalized support to individuals with autism and their families, including diagnostic testing, talk therapy, and parent education.

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Autism Services

Autism Evaluation ADOS-2

About the ADOS-2

The ADOS-2 assessment is the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition, and is considered the “gold standard” in ASD diagnosis. This assessment is designed to evaluate symptoms of ASD relating to communication, social interaction, play, and restricted/repetitive behaviors. The ADOS-2 can be used to assess ASD for individuals as young as 12 months through adulthood.

Appointments

The ADOS-2 requires 3 separate appointments.

Parent/Clinical Interview

The first appointment will be a clinical interview with the adult individual or the parent/guardian(s) of the minor, without the minor present. The clinician will gather a comprehensive background, lasting 1-2 hours. It is helpful to bring in any copies of recent evaluations or documents that provide insight into medical, educational, developmental, and social abilities (i.e., individualized education plans, psychological evaluations, etc.).

Testing Appointment

In the second appointment the clinician will administer and record the ADOS-2 to assess performance. This assessment can take up to 2 hours. If the person being assessed is a minor, the parent/guardian must remain on the premises for the assessment.

Feedback Appointment

The third appointment will be to discuss the results and impressions of the assessment. The clinician will also provide recommendations for the next steps of treatment. We encourage writing down and bringing in any questions you may have to this appointment. A hard copy of the assessment with recommendations will be provided in this appointment. If the individual being assessed is a minor, they will not attend this appointment.

Cost

Individuals under 18: $900

Individuals 18 and Up: $650

Additional Services

Parent Education and Behavior Management

Parents are often in need of support after having their child receive an ASD diagnosis. It can be confusing to navigate the information available because each child has a unique set of abilities and challenges. We provide support from our Parent Educator, Stephen Oleson, who offers education on the diagnosis and teaches techniques and skills to meet your family’s needs.

Individual Support

Individuals diagnosed with ASD may also need additional support and may benefit from attending psychotherapy to help with the treatment of anxiety, anger, or social skills. Psychotherapy can be used to help individuals build emotion regulation skills relieving feelings of distress.