Autism Treatment Centers in Tucson, AZ
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Wolf Creek Recovery is a licensed substance use and mental health treatment facility. Our team is committed to helping men and women ages 18 and over stop the cycle of substance use and rebuild healthy accomplished lives. Wolf Creek Recovery believes the treatment community deserves a client-centered program with staff members and owners who are actively involved in the recovery process. This hands-on interaction provides clients with motivation and encouragement and sets the tone for how the treatment center operates on a day-to-day basis. Wolf Creek Recovery provides compassion and genuine leadership for employees and clients at each level of the organization. Our owners are active in the most important aspects of our treatment program: admissions and community outreach, executive functions, daily operations, and clinical. We feel this is what sets us apart from all other substance use and mental health facilities. With a strong leadership dynamic, Wolf Creek Recovery is able to provide the best client-centered, family-oriented experience a person should expect when pursuing long-term sobriety. We welcome you to our treatment center in Arizona.
Wolf Creek Recovery is a licensed substance use and mental health treatment facility. Our team is committed to helping men and women ages 18 and over stop the cycle of substance use and rebuild healthy accomplished lives. Wolf Creek Recovery believes the treatment community deserves a client-centered program with staff members and owners who are actively involved in the recovery process. This hands-on interaction provides clients with motivation and encouragement and sets the tone for how the treatment center operates on a day-to-day basis. Wolf Creek Recovery provides compassion and genuine leadership for employees and clients at each level of the organization. Our owners are active in the most important aspects of our treatment program: admissions and community outreach, executive functions, daily operations, and clinical. We feel this is what sets us apart from all other substance use and mental health facilities. With a strong leadership dynamic, Wolf Creek Recovery is able to provide the best client-centered, family-oriented experience a person should expect when pursuing long-term sobriety. We welcome you to our treatment center in Arizona.
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El Paso Family Mentoring and Counseling Services
Treatment Center
Verified Verified
Tucson, AZ 85706
No, we’re not from Texas; we’re right here in Phoenix and Tucson! Did you know "El Paso" translates to "The Path?" Our quest is to provide you with el paso de la esperanza, The Path of Hope! Whether we come to your house, your trailer, your nursing home, your group home, or at an agreed location in the community, our outpatient agency provides in-home services to both children and adults. We founded El Paso with an intense desire to help individuals and families of ALL socio-economic groups to find the path of hope and to obtain the resources, tools, and life-skills to better cope with the trials of everything from substance abuse to merely getting along with other family members, neighbors, and the community at large. Children and Adults, we work with all.
No, we’re not from Texas; we’re right here in Phoenix and Tucson! Did you know "El Paso" translates to "The Path?" Our quest is to provide you with el paso de la esperanza, The Path of Hope! Whether we come to your house, your trailer, your nursing home, your group home, or at an agreed location in the community, our outpatient agency provides in-home services to both children and adults. We founded El Paso with an intense desire to help individuals and families of ALL socio-economic groups to find the path of hope and to obtain the resources, tools, and life-skills to better cope with the trials of everything from substance abuse to merely getting along with other family members, neighbors, and the community at large. Children and Adults, we work with all.
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Autism Treatment Centers
What is the most effective treatment for autism?
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) has come to be considered the standard treatment for children with autism spectrum disorder, and research has confirmed its effectiveness for many children. Therapists trained in ABA techniques work with children (and their parents) on developing social skills, communication and learning abilities, and everyday habits of hygiene and grooming. The clinician will tailor their program to the child’s particular need but the overarching goal will be to help them advance as far as possible toward independence based on their level of symptoms and decrease the need for additional special services. Families should seek a mental health professional specifically trained in ABA, and holding special certification in the technique, who has extensive experience not only with the approach but in using it with children with the same level of symptoms as the child who needs care.
How does ABA work?
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) sessions, which typically focus on positive reinforcement, can be intensive, lasting two or more hours several times a week, and continuing for two years or more. Therapists can also be expected to ask parents to take an active role in reinforcing lessons. Research has found that the technique can lead to major improvements that decrease the need for additional special services.
How does treatment for autism work?
Therapy sessions based on Applied Behavior Analysis will likely be frequent, intensive, and highly structured. After a thorough assessment, a therapist will help a child understand and develop skills in a range of areas, including communication, motor skills, social skills, self-care, play, and academic skills, as well as routines of daily living like hygiene. Typically, the therapist will help a child break down the components of a behavior—often referred to as the antecedent (what prompts an action), the behavior, and the consequence(what immediately follows)—and then reward the child at every step, while also asking parents to reinforce the lessons, and the rewards, throughout the day. This core therapy may be supplemented by occupational or speech therapy, and antidepressants, antipsychotics, and anticonvulsants may be prescribed to address specific severe symptoms.
How long does therapy for autism take?
Some people with autism spectrum disorder may be engaged in some level of therapy for many years, but research shows that treatment will be most effective if it is begun early and delivered intensively. When therapy begins by age 3, children tend to be better able to grasp and adopt the skills needed to manage everyday life, including attending school and establishing social relationships. This type of early-intervention treatment regimen is highly structured, typically involving 20 to 40 hours of one-on-one therapy per week, along with additional hours of engagement managed by parents, for a period of two years or more, although the duration of treatment is dependent on the child’s level of symptoms and pace of progress.