Teens: Baby Steps Into Adulthood
Baby Steps to Adulthood packages offer a multi-faceted, customized service designed to support young adults in building skills and confidence to move forward in areas of life where they may currently feel “stuck” or overwhelmed. This cost-effective alternative to traditional psychotherapy appointments provides a combination of assessment services, parent support, connection with community resources, and a personalized plan of action with small, clearly defined steps that can lead to a sense of success. Through our specialized Baby Steps to Adulthood packages we may include some of the following components, as appropriate to your specific needs:
- Assess & identify treatment needs
- Assist parents and/or the young adult in learning tools and skills for managing specific challenges effectively
- Provide a treatment plan for home-based intervention
- Make recommendations for educational or vocational programming
- Develop strategies for managing difficult emotions, such as anxiety, one step at a time
- Provide resources to enable the young adult to continue learning skills independently, using support system efficiently
- Suggest new community resources, or improved use of existing resources
- Identify specific goals, work on increasing motivation for success, break down each goal into small, manageable steps that can easily be mastered, and recognize successful moments
- Expand social connections and improve the quality and health of relationships
- Identify a “niche” for occupational, academic, and/or social success
- Address personal safety, money management, appropriate communication, problem solving, and other critical skills for independence
- Other goals and/or services, to be determined at intake