Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services (RCAAS) provides autistic adults with help and support extremely hard to find elsewhere. Our fourth RCAAS article focuses on their Intensive Outpatient Clinic (IOC).
A Look Back: Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services – SCALE Program
How the IOC operates:
- Treatment provided via the IOC includes comprehensive behavioral/medical evaluation aimed at documenting the existence and underlying cause(s) of any behavioral challenges that patients may be experiencing
- Information collected from the evaluation phase of treatment is then used to develop and implement effective intervention informed by the science of applied behavior analysis (ABA)
- Once the effectiveness of an intervention package has been demonstrated within the IOC, individual patients will be encouraged to gradually spend more time in less intrusive community-based environments, ultimately resulting in a return to fully integrated community-based support
Supporting IOC
This RCAAS program plays a vital role in helping adults with autism develop skills and coping mechanisms that enable them to reach their full potential.