Local Resources and Agencies
Local Resources and Agencies
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Adult Support Programs
Adult Support Programs
Autism Services Association
Autism Services Association
Joel H. Smith, Ph.D.
47 Walnut St.
Wellesley, MA 02481
Phone: (781) 237-0272 x11
Fax: (781) 237-5020
Email
Website
Best Buddies Jobs
Best Buddies Jobs
Jake Laverriere
617-778-0522
Website
Charles River Center
Charles River Center
Kristy Hargreaves
Director of Employment and Day Services
Charles River Center
989 Central Ave.
Needham, MA, 02492
Website
Office Phone 781-972-1088
Fax 781-444-0754
Gateway Arts
Gateway Arts
Ted Lampe
60-62 Harvard St.
Brookline, MA 02445
(617) 734-1577
Email
Website
Jewish Family & Children Services
Jewish Family & Children Services
Disability Resource Network
1430 Main Street
Waltham, MA 02451
(781) 693-5023
Website
Counseling & Wellness
Counseling & Wellness
Importance of Counseling and Wellness:
Importance of Counseling and Wellness:
For loved ones who have a diagnosed mental health condition, attending counseling has been shown to promote stability, quality of life, and overall well-being. Counseling can help build resiliency to cope with life’s many stressors. For school-aged children and young adults, mental health goes hand in hand with learning. When students are feeling anxious, depressed, or in distress, they often struggle to focus and engage in their schoolwork and homework. The impact of promoting mental health can also be seen in regards to having greater ease in making friends and maintaining relationships.
For children and young adults who do not have a diagnosed mental health condition, counseling can still be a helpful part of one's routine. Working with a counselor provides children and young adults with access and dedicated time to working with a supportive person who can help process life's ongoing stressors and changes. Having this additional support person can also reduce the stress that a parent or sibling feels if they are typically in the role of “therapist” to their loved one. Learning about coping skills and strategies is a part of what’s worked on in therapy, and these skills can be used over the life course.
Local wellness and counseling resources
Referral Lines
Referral Lines
There are also referral lines that can be helpful when you want to find a therapist with a particular specialty, in a specific location, or who accepts an insurance that other practices may not accept. When you call, you will speak with a resource and referral counselor and you will be asked to complete a confidential intake. You will be asked for some basic contact information, information about yourself or your child, your insurance information, your or your child’s availability to meet with someone, and general information about what you are concerned about. The length of time to complete the intake varies but should take about 15-20 minutes.
Popular referral lines include:
Popular referral lines include:
William James Referral Line (Phone)
William James Referral Line (Phone)
888-244-6843 (toll free)
Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Social Work Therapy Referral Services (Phone)
Social Work Therapy Referral Services (Phone)
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Recovery Education
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Recovery Education
Website
The Recovery Education Program at Boston University's Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation is an adult education program that offers students the opportunity to choose a range of wellness courses support their rehabilitation and recovery efforts. This program is designed to strengthen and broaden the student’s knowledge of the physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual practices that will enhance their readiness for personal change and role recovery.
Independent Living Skills
Independent Living Skills
Boston Center for Independent Living
TAP assists youth between the ages of 14-22 who are still in high school to set goals and connect to supports and services that will assist them in life after high school. Through the five core services (Information and Referral, Skills Training, Advocacy, Peer Mentoring, and Transitional Services), TAP aims to empower youth to make decisions about their lives, no matter what their disability is, so that they can make a smooth transition into adulthood.
During these key transition years, TAP staff assist youth with disabilities in planning for life after high school by assisting them to find housing, apply for college, request accommodations, search for jobs, solve transportation issues, and obtain appropriate equipment. BCIL provides guidance with the Individual Education Plan (IEP) and Individual Transition Plan (ITP) processes. As our services are consumer controlled, it is up to the youth to set their goal and work with staff on how that goal will be accomplished.
Some examples of goals within the five core services are:
Skills training assists young people in learning how to
Boston Center for Independent Living
TAP assists youth between the ages of 14-22 who are still in high school to set goals and connect to supports and services that will assist them in life after high school. Through the five core services (Information and Referral, Skills Training, Advocacy, Peer Mentoring, and Transitional Services), TAP aims to empower youth to make decisions about their lives, no matter what their disability is, so that they can make a smooth transition into adulthood.
During these key transition years, TAP staff assist youth with disabilities in planning for life after high school by assisting them to find housing, apply for college, request accommodations, search for jobs, solve transportation issues, and obtain appropriate equipment. BCIL provides guidance with the Individual Education Plan (IEP) and Individual Transition Plan (ITP) processes. As our services are consumer controlled, it is up to the youth to set their goal and work with staff on how that goal will be accomplished.
Some examples of goals within the five core services are:
Skills training assists young people in learning how to
budget money and balance a checkbook
apply for college
request accommodations
obtain a driver’s permit
Peer mentoring helps young people sort through questions such as
Peer mentoring helps young people sort through questions such as
Do I disclose my disability when I first apply for a job?
How do I deal with Internet dating?
What are appropriate boundaries to establish between myself and my PCA?
Boston Center for Independent Living
Public Transportation Resources
Public Transportation Resources
NewMo Shared Rides in Newton for just $3 / $4
Transportation Access Pass (TAP)-Reduced Fare Pass Information
Phone/Tablet Apps for Trip Planning on Public Transportation
Phone/Tablet Apps for Trip Planning on Public Transportation
HopStop
BostonBusMap
iNextBus
Travel Training Resources-Individualized Travel Training
Travel Training Resources-Individualized Travel Training
Innovative Paradigms
Linda Shepard Salzer
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