Alliance Family & Community Care (AFCC)

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder that affects communication and behavior. Although autism can be diagnosed at any age, it is described as a “developmental disorder” because symptoms generally appear in the first two years of life. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), a guide created by the American Psychiatric Association used to diagnose mental disorders, people with ASD have: 

- Difficulty with communication and interaction with other people.

- Restricted interests and repetitive behaviors. 

- Symptoms that affect the person’s ability to function in school, work, and other areas of life. 

Alliance Family & Community Care (AFCC) has an intensive outpatient (IOP) program and substance use disorders (SUDs). We offer services to clients seeking primary treatment, step-down care from inpatient, residential, and withdrawal management settings. Also, we step-up treatment from individual or group outpatient treatment. AFCC intensive outpatient program (IOP) treatment includes a prearranged schedule of core services. Example: individual counseling, group therapy, family psychoeducation, and case management (CM), and those services for a minimum of 9 hours per week for adults or 6 hours per week for adolescents.

AFCC should help clients fulfill their individualized treatment plan goals, IOP services may and incorporate other in-house treatment and peer services, also to encourage clients’ attendance at mutual support groups, and collaborate with local community providers to secure needed services. Example: To assist client to treatment, psychological assessments, vocational rehabilitation services, and trauma-specific treatment.

IOP outcomes are comparable to those seen with residential services for clients with minimal risk of acute intoxication, withdrawal, health conditions, and psychological symptoms.