ASP’s Homepowerment Program – Empowering Families thru Training and Therapy Services for CWAs

The ASP HOMEpowerment program offers parent training and counseling, home programs by occupational and speech therapists for economically vulnerable families with children on the autism spectrum under 8 years old. We aim to equip parents with the knowledge and skills to confidently care for their neurodiverse child. The program includes a limited number of online occupational, speech assessment and therapy sessions within a six month period for a limited number of beneficiaries.

HOMEpowerment 2021 Poster

1) The applicant family must ...

1.1 be current members of Autism Society Philippines

1.2 have devices (computer, tablet, smartphone) and access to the internet

1.3 commit to attending all online parent trainings, discussions, consultations

1.4 commit to implementing programs and recommendations at home

2) The child with #autism must ...

2.1 have a formal autism diagnosis from a licensed professional or a recommendation from a licensed occupational or speech therapist

2.2 be born no earlier than July 2013 (be 8 years old and below)

3) The applicant family must fill out this form below. ASP will schedule interviews with the applicant families. THERE IS NO NEED TO FOLLOW UP. WE WILL REACH OUT TO ALL APPLICANTS FOR INTERVIEW SCHEDULES. PLEASE BE PATIENT.

4) ASP will select a limited number of children with autism to benefit from the program.

Occupational and Speech Therapy shall be conducted online by licensed professionals. This enables the program to reach more families anywhere in the Philippines where internet services are available.

Training sessions are open for all applicants whether they qualify for the free therapy and mentoring sessions or not.

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