Young Adult Services
Sullivan & Associates, Inc. is committed to providing high quality best practices based services to young adults diagnosed with various psychiatric, development and behavioral disorders. We are guided by our mission of providing every individual with positive, unconditional regard and our belief that sucess and acceptance is the only option.
Key Features
- Instruction in independent life skills such as personal living, household management, community interaction and employment skills
- Emphasis on learning the social and problem solving skills necessary for successful community integration
- Focus an adjustment to the challenges of adulthood
- Behavioral and environmental supports for overcoming challenging behaviors
- Community based, with an emphasis on helping individuals to become active members of their communities
- Data-based program development and evaluation
- Team approach, where identifying the needs and preferences of the individual are an integral part of the process
Transitional Services for Young Adults
At Sullivan & Associates, we specialize in helping young adults make the transition from child/student-focused services to community-based adult services.
We recognize this is an exciting, and potentially confusing time for the individual, as well as his/her family or guardian.
We have extensive experience helping young adults take this important step in their lives.
Sullivan & Associates Clinical, Residential, Nursing and Administrative teams work closely with the people who already know the individual, assuring that previous successes and gains are carried over into this new phase of the individual's life.
Sullivan & Associates Clinical Team
Our Clinical Team is comprised of Licensed Clinical Psychologists, Board Certified Behavior Analysts, Licensed Clinical Social Workers and Master's Level Clinicians with extensive experience helping young adults making the transition to community-based settings. We offer expertise in the following areas:
- Assessment and treatment for skill deficits and various disorders
- Life skills curriculum development and implementation
- Working with young adults with traumatic and unstable histories
- Supporting individuals with histories of legal problems
- Caregiver training & supervision
- Individual and group counseling, including behavioral and cognitive therapies, DBT and systems approaches
- Data collection and analysis
- Functional assessment and treatment of challenging behaviors
- Research in service delivery