UW Autism Center Clinical Services

Contact: UW Autism Center (uwautism@uw.edu)
Core Function: Clinical Services, Information Dissemination, Technical Assistance and Outreach Training
Program: UW Autism Center

The UW Autism Center’s Clinical Services provide state-of-the-art, comprehensive, coordinated services to families and individuals at risk or with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from birth through early adulthood. Services are provided at both the UW Seattle and UW Tacoma campuses.

• Evaluations: Diagnostic evaluation to determine if a client meets criteria for ASD. Re-Evaluations for previously diagnosed clients who need assessment of current functioning, a second opinion, or updated treatment recommendations.
• Medical Consultation: Short-term consultation with a Developmental Pediatrician to discuss medical concerns such as, seizures, motor disorders, genetic concerns, or related issues.
• Sleep Clinic: Interdisciplinary team consultation to address behavioral and medical factors contributing to sleep concerns in children up to the age of 18.
• Infant Clinic: A clinic for children 24 months and younger dedicated to early detection, monitoring, and intervention when concerns about ASD are present.
• Speech Services: Assessment and treatment to help individuals with ASD learn strategies to interact and communicate. We also offer feeding services and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).
• Social Skills Groups: Small group programs provide children and adolescents with tools for navigating their social environment.
• Psychological Therapy: Psychotherapy with parents, siblings or individuals with ASD to address difficulties with mood, life skills, daily coping, and interpersonal relationships.
• APEX Summer Camp Program: Provides peer experiences to children with ASD and builds social and behavioral skills in real-world environments. APEX includes a 5-week intensive summer camp program, a weekly booster program, and other programing throughout the year.
• Applied Behavior Analysis Intervention Services: Our Behavior and Education Consultants provide evidence-based treatment based on the principles of applied behavioral analysis (ABA), identify individualized goals to teach new skills and address challenging behaviors, develop learning activities and support individuals with ASD in a variety of settings.
  • Intensive In-Home ABA Programs
  • Short-Term Consultation
  • Parent Coaching
• ABA Launch Program: The University of Washington Autism Center’s ABA LAUNCH Program is a clinic-based, short-term, comprehensive and intensive early intervention program for children up to six years of age with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This program offers an initial foundation of evidence-based, high-quality, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services and parent education/support to families currently waiting to receive ongoing therapy services. Click here for more information: https://depts.washington.edu/uwautism/clinical-services/aba-launch/
• Client-Focused Skills Coaching: Consultants work directly with client with ASD to develop specific identified skills and reduce challenging behaviors.
• Occupational Therapy: Uses meaningful activities with specific goals to help people lessen or adapt to disabilities that can co-occur with autism.