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Overview
The Center for Social Training (CST) is a comprehensive support and guidance program for students and their families within the community who have high functioning autism (HFA) or Asperger’s Syndrome (AS). CST’s goal is to provide therapeutic and support services to high school and college-aged individuals with AS and their families to help them negotiate life adjustments such as the social, academic and vocational challenges that face them throughout their lives.
Most adolescents and young adults with AS want to find a safe forum to discuss and explore topics that can be very difficult to address. CST will provide group and individual processing opportunities to students who have AS in order to enable them to share and explore their experiences dealing with disabilities in areas such as understanding social cues, executive functioning difficulties, family dynamics, sexuality and dating concerns, establishing and maintaining relationships, and work-related problems.
Available Services
Opening in Fall 2009, CST will provide local high school and college-aged individuals, between ages 15–22, with a diagnosis of AS ongoing therapeutic and support services, in group and individual counseling sessions. Group counseling will be comprised of individuals matched according to age and developmental need.
Sessions will begin September 2009. Times and locations will be announced shortly.
Support Staff
The support staff of CST is comprised of therapists who have a specialization in working with individuals with AS, a certified Adelphi University faculty member, and a graduate student from the Adelphi University Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies.
Fees (to be determined)
Each participant will be charged a moderate fee for individual and group sessions.
Contact Us
To find out more about the Center's services, or to indicate your interest in scheduling an appointment, please fill out our Interest Form
Contact
To set up an appointment or for additional information, please contact:
The Center for Social Training
Gordon F. Derner Institute
Hy Weinberg Center, Garden City, NY 11530
e - socialcenter@adelphi.edu
This page last modified on September 25, 2009.
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