Activities at STAP will vary based on a child’s level.

• Activities Counselors will be present in groups to help clients learn skills and coping strategies to facilitate emotional growth and skill building
• Provision of a structured therapeutic milieu incorporating teachable moments and opportunities for success
• Individual support from the program’s Therapists & Counselors
• Small group support
• Group therapy that enhances and reflects community experiences
• Case management services to coordinate behavioral health services and facilitate utilization of natural supports
• Improve coordination of services for clients through the use of one provider, or by enhancing communication with other agencies serving the youth
• Parent Participation - Parents will be invited to attend a STAP Family Day, which is held during the final week of the program. Parents also receive regular feedback regarding their child’s progress and skills being taught at STAP.

• Activities Counselors will be present in groups to help clients learn skills and coping strategies to facilitate emotional growth and skill building
• Provision of a structured therapeutic milieu incorporating teachable moments and opportunities for success
• Individual support from the program’s Therapists & Counselors
• Small group support
• Skills groups
• Case management services to coordinate behavioral health services and facilitate utilization of natural supports
• Improve coordination of services for clients through the use of one provider, or by enhancing communication with other agencies serving the youth
• Parent Participation - Parents will be invited to attend a STAP - Community Integration Family Day, which is held during the final week of the program. Parents also receive regular feedback regarding their child’s progress and skills being taught at STAP - Community Integration.

• Activities Counselors will be present in groups to help clients learn skills and coping strategies to facilitate emotional growth and skill building—prompting to task, verbal processing of questions they may have about activities, modeling, and support through reinforcement system.
• Provision of a structured therapeutic milieu incorporating teachable moments and opportunities for success through therapist and counselor teaching during therapy groups and prompting to use learned skills throughout the program day, Therapy groups utilize interventions related functional communication training for improved social and coping skills(see activity details below). Preferred behaviors will increase through staff modeling, prompting use of effective communication, and providing reinforcement of alternative positive behaviors through verbal praise and point reinforcement system
• Supported peer interactions for improving social development throughout programming day by using behavior rehearsal strategies, engaging in games/activities focused on need for interaction and team cooperation, and modeling of effective interactions
• 1:1 support from the program’s Therapists & Counselors as needed for processing youth problem behaviors per individualized behavior plan.
• Small group support
• Skills groups focusing in three key goal areas (social, communication, and coping) as outlined in detail below.
• Use of reward point system for supporting development of self-management skills as identified in individualized treatment plan.
• Case management services to coordinate behavioral health services and facilitate utilization of natural supports post STAP - Autism Support. This will occur through discharge meeting with interagency team and caregivers with review of treatment plan goal progress and effective intervention strategies.
• Improve coordination of services for clients through the use of one provider, or by enhancing communication with other agencies serving the youth
• Parent Participation - Parents will be invited to attend an STAP - Autism Support Family Day, which is held during the final week of programming. Parents also receive daily feedback regarding their child’s progress and skills being taught at ASD STAP in the form of daily point sheets. Weekly phone contact is also made to parents from Counselors. Therapists are also available via phone or meeting to address parent concerns.