Social Skills Training

Cache Kids Pediatric Rehabilitation Services include: occupational therapy, speech and hearing therapy, and physical therapy.

M - F 8 - 6
Therapy appointments are usually 45 minutes to 1 hour in length. Appointment slots are the same every week or bi-weekly for therapy, so that there is consistency in visits.
Bracing and Torticollis will be scheduled on a per needed basis.
Steven R. Jensen, Audiology, Spanish services

• Children's Out of Home Respite Care
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Social Skills Training
• Child Abuse Counseling
• Play Therapy
• Crisis Nurseries/Child Care
• Sexual Assault Prevention
• General Counseling Services
• Developmental Assessment
• Stress Management

Janelle Christensen, MSW, Executive Director

Stuart Harper, LCSW

Larry A. Krause, BSW, MSW: Specializes in treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder and child centered play therapy.

See website or contact for additional provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services

Provides occupational therapy for children with high functioning autism, developmental delays, sensory processing disorders. Also offer social skills classes and camps, writing camps, and field trips as well as parent and teacher education classes. Offers services to kids of all ages and all abilities.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Programs are closed.

• Pediatric Occupational Therapy
• Social Skills Training

Susan Horn OTR/L, Sensory Integration Certified

• Social Skills Training
• Mental Health Evaluation
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• General Counseling Services
• Autism Therapy

Crossroads Center, Taylorsville also serves Salt Lake County.

Day Services: M-F 9:00am-4:00pm
After-school services: M-F 4:00pm-7:00pm
Additional services and hours available by appointment.

Sarah Sanders, M.Ed. B.C.B.A., Co-CEO
Natalie Whatcott, MS, BCBA, SSW, Co-CEO

Brett D. Pearce, Psy.D.
Approaches Used:
Attachment-oriented psychotherapy, parenting support, consultation psychotherapy for children and adolescents.

See website or contact for additional provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services.

Provides assessment and treatment for all levels of autism

Services Include:

• Testing and evaluation
• Treatment based on Stanley Greenspan's Floortime model
• Neurofeedback training
• Individual and group therapy
• Medication therapy

Offers an activities-based summer program designed to help those with high functioning autism. Campers learn social skills directly from their typically developing peer mentors. Program will take place two days a week, on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Autism Adventure Camp replaces previous camp program, Team UNIF Summer Camp.

Provides a parent-to-parent support group that supports parents and families of individuals with special needs through interaction, education, and resources.

COVID-19 UPDATE: All services moved to phone calls, virtual visits, or Facebook support groups. Fax unavailable.

• Home Based Parenting Education
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Disability Related Parenting Programs
• Social Skills Training
• Parent/Child Activity Groups

• Mental Health Evaluation

Mikle South, Ph.D., child clinical psychologist
Terisa Gabrielsen, Ph.D, social skills groups
Autism Spectrum Disorder assessment -- ADOS
Approaches Used:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Provides outpatient mental health services for groups, families, and individuals (children, adolescents, and adults).

Services Include:

• Crisis Help
• School Based
• Med Management
• Day Treatment
• Case Management
• Support Groups
• Respite
• In Home
• Play Therapy
• Sand Tray Therapy
• Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
• Motivational Interviewing (MI)
• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
• Functional Family Therapy (FFT)
• Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
• Critical Time Intervention (CTI)

A full service mental health practice, serving all ages, that provides individual, couples, and family therapy as well as mental health and psychological testing and assessments for a wide variety of purposes and needs.

• General Counseling Services
• Social Skills Training
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Sexual Orientation Counseling
• Developmental Assessment
• Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

Locations in Heber and Orem

Dr. Karen W. Malm, Ph.D., Executive Director - provides gender-affirming therapy
Approaches Used:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Family Therapy
Attachment Therapy

Kelli McStotts, CMHC - provides gender-affirming therapy.

Kim Solomon, LCSW - provides gender-affirming therapy

See website or contact for additional provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services and ability to accept new patients changes regularly.

Helps families and individuals ages 5 to 18, with behavioral disorders and who are on the autism spectrum, in a day treatment setting, intensive outpatient program, social skills groups, outpatient medication management, outpatient therapy, or occupational therapy.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Following all CDC and State guidelines.

• Mental Health Evaluation
• Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
• Disability Related Parenting Programs
• Behavioral Learning Therapy
• Social Skills Training
• General Mental Health Information/Education

Reception hours: M - F 8 - 5 pm
Program hours: T - F 8 - 5 pm

Mary Burris, M.D., Medical Director

See website or contact for additional provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services

Provides evidence-based services for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders and developmental delays.

• Autism Therapy
• General Counseling Services
• Social Skills Training
• Mental Health Evaluation
• Disability Related Parenting Programs

ADOS testing $500

Provides home, clinic, and community-based ABA therapy for children with autism.

• Disability Related Parenting Programs
• Special Education Plan Development
• Developmental Assessment
• Autism Therapy
• Social Skills Training

Paul Day, BCBA, Program Director
ADOS testing and ADI-R $300

Provides comprehensive, individualized, behavioral support to families and individuals. Has offices in Layton, Salt Lake City, and Tooele.

• Social Skills Training
• Autism Spectrum Disorders - ADD / ADHD - Learning Disabilities - Behavior Disorders - School Consulting

• Autism Therapy
• General Counseling Services
• Tutoring Services
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Parent Support Groups
• LGBTQ Support Groups
• Self Esteem Workshops
• Social Skills Training
• Developmental Assessment

Wait time 6 months. A fast track available for children suspected of having ASD with tentative diagnosis.

See website or contact for provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services.

• Developmental Assessment
• Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
• General Counseling Services
• Social Skills Training
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Sexual Orientation Counseling

Locations in Taylorsville and Heber
Dr. Karen Malm, PhD, Executive Director

Autism Spectrum Disorder assessment (ADOS)

• Developmental Assessment
• Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
• General Counseling Services
• Sexual Orientation Counseling
• Social Skills Training
• Independent Living Skills Instruction

Karen Malm, PhD, Executive Director
Locations in Taylorsville and Orem

Provides behavioral and mental health services, in-home and clinic-based. Day treatment is provided by age in a center-based setting, in an environment that is similar to a classroom.

BCBA, LMHC, LCSW, LSW
Day Services: M-F 9:00am-4:00pm
After-school services: M-F 4:00pm-7:00pm
Additional services and hours available by appointment.

Provides in-home and clinical-based behavior and mental health services, including autism services, behavior therapy, social skills training, day therapy, mental health therapy, psychological evaluations, neurofeedback testing, and medication management. Day treatment is provided by age in a center-based setting, in an environment that is similar to a classroom. Services are provided by a coordinated, multidisciplinary team.

Salt Lake Central location also serves Salt Lake County.

Day Services: M-F 9:00am-4:00pm
After-school services: M-F 4:00pm-7:00pm
Additional services and hours available by appointment.

Sarah Sanders, M.Ed. B.C.B.A., Co-CEO
Natalie Whatcott, MS, BCBA, SSW, Co-CEO

Brett D. Pearce, Psy.D.
Approaches Used:
Attachment-oriented psychotherapy, parenting support, consultational psychotherapy for children and adolescents

See website or contact for additional provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services.

Utah Behavior Services provides behavioral and mental health services.

• Autism Therapy
• Social Skills Training
• General Counseling Services
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Family Counseling
• Mental Health Evaluation

Day Services: M-F 9:00am-4:00pm
After-school services: M-F 4:00pm-7:00pm
Additional services and hours available by appointment.

STRIDE is an after school day treatment program offered to improve emotional regulation, behavior management, and social skills for elementary-age students.

XCEL is an afterschool program for adolescents with mental health disorders, behavior problems, and delays in social and daily living skills.  

• Social Skills Training

• Life Skills Education
• Social Skills Training

Classes are generally held on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and Saturday social activities usually are scheduled every other week. Cost is $300 per semester.
Application and interview process.
Laurie Bowen, M.Ed, BCBA Passages Program Director
Jessica Shepherd, CTRS
Jared Stewart, M.Ed

Offers individual & family counseling to kids, teens, and their families. They also provide fun, interactive workshops to create and inspire powerful, confident young people through a variety of practical life skills. A private organization; some scholarships for groups; some insurances accepted & sliding scale offered for self pay counseling clients.

Haylee Bladen, LCSW
Makenzie Combe, LCSW
Alison Watts, CMHC
Kari Yurth, CMHC
Kristin Johanson, CSW
Jocelyn Cortez, CSW
Sarah Knight, CSW
Erika Sheriff, CSW

• Autism Therapy
• General Counseling Services
• Social Skills Training
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Mental Health Evaluation

• General Counseling Services
• Social Skills Training
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Mental Health Evaluation
• Autism Therapy

Day Services: M-F 9:00am-4:00pm
After-school services: M-F 4:00pm-7:00pm
Additional services and hours available by appointment.

• Social Skills Training
• General Counseling Services
• Marriage Counseling
• Play Therapy

• Developmental Assessment
• Autism Therapy
• Social Skills Training
• General Counseling Services
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Rob Dindinger, PhD
Bob Weinheimer, LMFT, MS

• Autism Therapy
• Developmental Assessment
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Social Skills Training
• LGBTQ Support Groups
• Parent Support Groups
• General Counseling Services
• Tutoring Services

See website or contact for provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services.

• Autism Therapy
• Social Skills Training
• General Counseling Services
• Mental Health Evaluation
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups

• Autism Therapy
• Special Education
• Developmental Assessment

• Parent Support Groups
• Social Skills Training
• General Counseling Services
• Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Treatment

Utah Behavior Services provides behavioral and mental health services, speech therapy, and counseling.

• Autism Therapy
• Social Skills Training
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Mental Health Evaluation
• General Counseling Services

• Social Skills Training
• Parent Support Groups
• General Counseling Services
• Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Treatment

• Developmental Assessment
• Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
• Autism Therapy
• Social Skills Training

• Social Skills Training
• Autism Therapy
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Mental Health Evaluation

• Marriage Counseling
• Social Skills Training
• General Counseling Services
• Play Therapy

Provides evidence-based, family-oriented autism therapies.

Services Include:

• Focused ABA Therapy
• Comprehensive ABA Therapy
• Telehealth services
• Social Skills Programs
• Parent Participation & Training

Alaina Reed, Clinical Director

Provides services in 19 states. Services may differ by region and clinician.