We offer daytime Therapeutic Life Skills sessions for adults and teens 16+ in our Ancaster clinic between the hours of 9am – 2pm, in the context of current public health concerns. Session plans are customized to each person’s abilities, goals and living situation. We can work towards developing a wide range of hands-on skills such as:
- Executive function via meal planning, shopping on a budget, basic cooking and kitchen safety
- Healthy daily routines, personal care, managing through household chores and responsibilities (laundry, basic household sanitation)
- Interacting with others in public during the pandemic; social distance and personal space
- Understanding money, banking & financial literacy
- Job preparation & transition skills
- Self-advocacy in social situations, understanding the differences between friends, family and strangers
- Navigating social media and online citizenship
- Optional dating and sexuality programming available (PEERS); Dating do’s and don’ts, accepting rejection, choosing appropriate partners, letting someone know you like them, dealing with pressure from partners and more
- When community involvement can be safely managed, sessions can involve trips to the library to learn how to use public resources, using public transit, etc
Daytime Life Skills Sessions are $75/hr, coverable by Passport Funding, Special Services At Home funding, Ontario Autism Funds, and by many employment benefit packages under Social Work. Sessions can be booked in blocks of 6 or more. We can work with individuals, or curate small groups of up to 3 participants with similar goals.
