Therapy Services - Social Skills

Child-led. Play-based. Family-focused. We are a behavioral health agency that utilizes Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy to serve families and individuals in San Diego County. Our mission is to support you and your child from infancy to adulthood. This means that your AIM team will not only provide you with the highest-quality ABA therapy in the area but will also be an advocate by your side, to help you navigate the world of autism and developmental disabilities. Ages Served: 0-3, 04-12, 13-17, 18-22, 23 +. Insurance Accepted: MediCal, Private Insurance, Employee-Sponsored Insurance

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The Autism Discovery Institute (ADI) at Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego provides comprehensive services for children with autism spectrum disorders, including diagnostic evaluations, parent coaching & education, social skills groups, and care coordination. ADI partners with multidisciplinary clinical teams and research institutions to provide evidence-based, comprehensive care that will improve the lives of children with autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions. ADI has locations in Kearny Mesa, Torrey Hills, and Murrieta. Ages Served: 0-3, 04-12, 13-17 Private Insurance

Offering contemporary ABA services delivered 1:1 with a trained behavior technician in group and individual settings . Our Learning Centers feature learning-rich environments and unique play-based learning spaces that give your child opportunities to work on target goals individually and with peers in groups. As part of our program, we offer social skills groups that use ABA to help your child create and maintain friendships, build confidence, and pursue interests.AST knows we're not all the same. Recognizing differences and tailoring our approach are at the core of what we do. That’s why we’re committed to fostering a culture that embraces what makes us each unique – be it race, ethnicity, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disabilities/abilities or socioeconomic background. AST aims to acknowledge the lived experiences and diversity of perspectives of our staff and the children and families we serve. We pledge to create a community centered around trust, respect, tolerance and empathy. Together, we’re better. Ages Served: 0-3, 04-12, 13-17, 18-22, 23 +. Insurance Accepted: MediCal, Private Insurance, Employee-Sponsored Insurance

Banding Together was founded in 2009 by the parent of a child with autism and two music therapists to meet the unmet needs of youth with special needs in our community. Our mission is bring unique music opportunities to individuals with special needs in our community. This is accomplished through key objectives that include providing music therapy scholarships and free programs such as Jam Sessions and Soundcheck Jams.To date, over $109,000 has been awarded for music therapy, adapted lessons and camp scholarships to 200 individuals (ages 2-22 years) with special needs.Since the Jam Session program’s inception in 2012, San Diego locations have quadrupled. The program was piloted at a fifth national location in Miami, Florida in 2017. Each year, 56 Jam Sessions are held totaling over 250 sessions to date. Historically, this program has served nearly 900 individuals ages 13-38 with special needs and has trained over 500 volunteer mentors. A significant highlight for the Jam Session program in 2016 was a surprise performance from Grammy Award winning guest musician Jason Mraz.In partnership with Surfdog Records, the Soundcheck Jams have engaged 24 touring musicians and 50 individuals with special needs. This unique program gives individuals with special needs the opportunity to shine onstage during a nationally touring band’s sound check at a local music venue. Past musicians have included Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks, The English Beat, Elvin Bishop, Michael Franti, Shaun White (Olympic gold medalist and guitarist) and Grammy award winner Ziggy Marley. More than 150 professional musicians have participated in our programs and fundraisers. Ages Served: 0-3, 04-12, 13-17, 18-22, 23 +. Insurance Accepted: MediCal, Private Insurance, Employee-Sponsored Insurance, No Insurance Accepted

CTA's Community Connection Project (CCP) is a nonprofit, community-based adult (ages18+) transition program which focuses on providing supported, integrated, community experiences for individuals with significant communication and behavioral challenges with diagnoses such as autism. The vision of Community Connection Project is to bridge the gap between school and adulthood. To achieve this vision, CCP provides natural opportunities for our program participants to discover what they want to do in their adult lives and develop and practice skills to make these choices a reality. Their natural supports and chosen provider networks are then trained on what they want and what supports and plans are needed to be successful in those environments. We will help program participants feel empowered and to feel like an essential contributor to their own lives. CCP individually trains community members, support team and providers, vocational/volunteer venues, and any other adult networks that our program participants and their loved ones have chosen for them. Self Determination funding accepted Ages Served: 18-22, 23 +. Insurance Accepted: No Insurance Accepted

Hope Comprehensive Center for Development takes a naturalistic & play-based approach to deliver in-home ABA Therapy throughout San Diego County. Our services are based upon the latest research plus years of experience. We mix in a lot of love and partner with you in crafting a comprehensive program for your child. We also offer Parent Training, have a Psychologist on staff for evaluations and assessments, and host Saturday Social Groups at our Center in Murrieta. Ages Served: 0-3, 04-12, 13-17, 18-22. Insurance Accepted: Private Insurance

In STEPPS is an agency that provides Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention (Naturalistic ABA) to children and families across Southern California. We provides Pivotal Response Teaching (PRT), the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), Project ImPACT, (PI) and Naturalistic Environment Teaching (NET). Our treatment focus and ethos is high quality, individualized plans of care for all of our patients. Through our use of naturalistic teaching strategies, our focus is to support our patients and families in leading fulfilling, independent, and joyous lives. We provide functional behavior assessments (FBAs), direct intervention one to one, school shadowing, play date facilitation, supervision, parent and caregiver consultation and training, and social skills groups. We provide services in home, community, daycare/afterschool care, school, and in our offices. Please contact us today to learn how Naturalistic ABA with In STEPPS can help your child and family. Ages Served: 0-3, 04-12, 13-17, 18-22, 23 + MediCal, Private Insurance, Employee-Sponsored Insurance

Innovative Therapy 4-Kids, Inc. approach is unique in that we treat each individual based on symptoms and the whole child, rather than only a diagnosis or label. Ages Served: 0-3, 04-12, 13-17, 18-22. Insurance Accepted: No Insurance Accepted

At It Starts With The Heart, our vision very literally ‘starts with the heart’. We serve from a heart space of compassion, experience, and knowledge.We focus on neurodiversity — providing support for girls and women impacted by the breadth of neurodiverse presentations and conditions, including but not limited to Autism Spectrum Disorder, Communication Disorders, Learning Disorders, and Intellectual Disabilities. We use the NEW female focused, research based autism identifiers for girls (2018) and women (2020), to assess and identify the female autism profile. Ages Served: 04-12, 13-17, 18-22, 23 +. Insurance Accepted: No Insurance Accepted

My Kids Place brings specialists from a variety of fields and practices together to help children thrive. We offer Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech-Language Therapy to children from birth through 18 years old. Ages Served: 0-3,04-12,13-17. Insurance Accepted: Private Insurance,Employee-Sponsored Insurance

Private practice specializing in the assessment and treatment of children and teenagers with ASD. Treatment modalities include Pivotal Response Training (PRT), Floortime, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), behavioral intervention, play therapy, social skills training, and parent training. Ages Served: 0-3, 04-12, 13-17, 18-22 Private Insurance

Positive Development believes you can change the world, and your life, The Positive Way. As a team, we’re working diligently to do just that with authenticity, joy, and above all respect. We’re building connections and shaping futures for children with autism and other developmental differences one family at a time. We provide comprehensive Developmental Therapy. The team is comprised of a Speech, Occupational, and Mental Health Therapist as well as a developmentally trained paraprofessional. Ages Served: 0-3, 04-12, 13-17, 18-22. Insurance Accepted: Private Insurance

Occupational therapy, yOTga, community outreach including, but not limitied to Ohana events. Ages Served: 0-3, 04-12, 13-17, 18-22, 23 +. Insurance Accepted:

Welcome to San Diego Kids First, a highly specialized psychology practice committed to maximizing the developmental, social, emotional, behavioral, and academic potential of children, teens, and families.It’s our philosophy to meet you where you are. Even literally! In addition to traditional office sessions, we offer in-home, school-based, & telehealth services. Wherever we meet, let’s find the answers. Ages Served: 04-12, 13-17, 18-22, 23 + Private Insurance

At SCS we work with children, teens and young adults to improve their social communication and executive functioning skills through innovative therapy approaches in a fun group setting. Ages Served: 04-12, 13-17, 18-22, 23 +. Insurance Accepted: No Insurance Accepted

Empowering people to pursue their potential through music therapy. Ages Served: 0-3, 04-12, 13-17, 18-22, 23 +. Insurance Accepted: No Insurance Accepted

We provide pediatric OT, PT, ST and ABA services in an outpatient clinic setting. We also provide ABA services in the home. Ages Served: 0-3,04-12,13-17. Insurance Accepted: Private Insurance

Bilingual (English/Spanish) Speech & Language Therapy and Independent Speech & Language Evaluations. Early Intervention Provider of the San Diego Regional Center. Specializing in Autism and related neurological diagnoses. Also providing weekly Programs such as Play-Based Therapy and Recreational Slot Car Racing for People with Disabilities (All Ages). Participants in our Recreational Slot Car Racing Program can receive full funding from the San Diego Regional Center with an Authorization. Ages Served: 0-3, 04-12, 13-17, 18-22, 23 + Private Insurance, Employee-Sponsored Insurance, No Insurance Accepted