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Lifestyle Redesign® for Autism Spectrum Disorder

While many services exist for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), adolescents and adults with ASD experience new and complex challenges as they navigate independent living, higher education, and/or employment. In addition to these evolving demands, lifestyle risk factors increase significantly with age, and adults with ASD are at higher risk for developing preventable chronic health disorders than the general population.

Our occupational therapists use the Lifestyle Redesign approach to assist you in implementing changes to your habits and routines in order to better manage your health and meet personal goals. Together, you and your OT will identify and explore session topics based upon your unique needs, goals, and interests. Based on your strengths and particular challenges, your OT will help you build a plan to learn skills, improve self-efficacy, and follow through with your own goals.

We can help you to:

• Understand and cope with a new diagnosis, make decisions about its disclosure to others, and build skills for self-advocacy
• Improve your social and communication skills to develop relationships with others
• Recognize when you are experiencing stress and use effective strategies for managing it
• Develop a consistent nighttime schedule and implement strategies for improving the quality of your sleep
• Expand healthy food choices and incorporate them into your own cooking and meal routines
• Identify your physical activity preferences and follow-through with participating in them
• Learn how your own sensory system may affect your moods and behaviors, and incorporate strategies for regulating them in different contexts
• Improve your independence and efficiency with organization, attention, and time management
• Create transition plans for different environments, experiences, and life phases
• Increase confidence and satisfaction with activities in the community
• Incorporate meaningful leisure activities into your daily and weekly routines
• Set personal goals and receive motivational support as you work toward achieving them

Payment information

• Payment options include insurance coverage and self-pay rates.
• The USC Occupational Therapy Faculty Practice is not a vendor of the Regional Center.

Brochure

View/download the Lifestyle Redesign for Autism Spectrum Disorder brochure.

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USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 133, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9003

ACOTE accreditation | NBCOT certification

The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) degree program (cost of attendance) has applied for accreditation and has been granted Preaccreditation Status by ACOTE®. View our program’s ACOTE® standards public data. ACOTE® c/o the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-AOTA, www.acoteonline.org. The program must complete an on-site evaluation and be granted Accreditation Status before its graduates will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®).

Professional program graduates are eligible to apply for certification by National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. Program results from the NBCOT® can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.