This is our Official Process but the spirit of the process is:

• You get to know us.
• We get to know you.
• We decide together if Autistry Studios is something that will work well for you.

Our target population are youth 13 and older who have social, communication or learning differences. Many of our students have the diagnoses of High Functioning Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, Non-Verbal Learning Disorder, or PDD-NOS. Some of our students have no particular diagnosis but have experienced difficulty at school, college or in the work place due to problems arising from social or communication challenges and have shown through our intake process to be a fit for our programs.

Completion of the Autistry Studios Intake Process is mandatory for participation in our program. Our intake process serves two mutually supporting purposes:

1. Allows the candidate student an opportunity to get to know one of the staff and experience the workshop areas in a quiet time between classes. This helps the candidate student to “stick their toe in the water” before jumping into a full workshop. In this way a student starts their first workshop already knowing at least one of the staff and already familiar with the layout of the workshop spaces.

2. Allows the assigned therapist an opportunity to meet and assess whether the candidate student will benefit from our program, or whether some form of work other than Autistry Studios may be more appropriate. This also allows the therapist to assess whether the candidate might present behavioral issues beyond what Autistry Studios staff can safely handle.

The Intake Process consists of 2 – 3 individual one-on-one sessions with an Autistry Studios therapist (fee based on that therapist’s standard office rate). After these individual sessions, if all parties agree that Autistry Studios is a good fit for the candidate student a visit to Autistry Studios and a tour of the facility is scheduled (no charge for this visit).

If you are interested in participating in the Autistry Studios program please contact us to set up an initial meeting.