January 2024 Newsletter

 

 
 

To our Advance LA Community,

Welcome to the new year! First and foremost, we’d like to wish you a happy, healthy, and peaceful 2024.

January is a time to reflect on actions and outcomes of the previous year while allowing yourself to stay open to new opportunities and experiences in the coming year. In this month’s blogpost, we offer tips for starting off 2024 with a fresh perspective and a new beginnings mindset.

Advance LA’s mission is to help our clients advance to independent adulthood. Our Life Skills Coaches meet with their clients remotely, or in person, to provide support and guidance in areas including academics, executive functioning, time management, organization, social/dating skills, job/internship obtainment and maintenance, and independent living skills. 

Please contact us at advancela@thehelpgroup.org for more information.

Together let’s make this a year to remember!

Jeri Rochman, JD, MS
Program Coordinator

 

 

 

 


 

While anytime during the year is the right time for a fresh start, January just feels perfect for new beginnings. The start of a new year is a time for hope. January brings renewed optimism for change, for building healthy habits, and for feeling good about ourselves. We can let go of the things that no longer serve us and plan for a better 2024. January gives us a clean, definitive starting point for what lies ahead. Anything is possible! So where to begin…..

 

 
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Upcoming Events & More

 

 
 

club l.a.’s Got Talent!
Wed, Feb. 21st | 6:30 – 8 pm

Join club l.a. for our annual talent show! Share your musical, dance, comedic or magical talent with new friends and good friends. Come hang out, support your friends, and join us for dinner and dessert. Don’t miss out – register today! For neurodivergent young adults ages 18-29. Fee: $25

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Parent-to-Parent Support Group
Thursday, January 18  | 6-7 pm PT

Free online sessions for parents to connect, share stories & learn from one another. Meetings take place on the first and third Thursday of each month. Our parent support group is a safe space to share information, resources, and friendship.

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Dating & Relationship Coaching

Available now!
Advance LA now offers dating and relationship coaching for neuro-divergent young adults who are interested in learning the social skills involved in dating, as well as the communication skills required to maintain a romantic relationship. To learn more, contact Jeri.

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Life Skills Coaching

Virtual coaching available for academic, vocational, social, and independent living skills support (individual or group sessions). 

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Lumina Counseling

Lumina offers insurance and private pay for individual, group, couples, and family therapy to people of all ages throughout the Los Angeles area. Lumina believes that everyone has the right to be heard and to be guided to live their best possible life. For more info, please call 818-779-5100.

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ABOUT THE HELP GROUP’S ADVANCE LA:
The Help Group offers innovative, educational, therapeutic, residential, community and vocational advocacy and support to empower children and young adults to live with dignity, hope, opportunity, and love.  Advance LA, a specialized program of The Help Group, provides clients with autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, executive functioning difficulties and learning differences, the experiences and opportunities necessary to lead a fulfilling adult life. Our specialized program provides coaching services and support groups, as well as workshops and conferences for young adults, parents, and industry professionals, answering one of the most frequently asked questions by parents of those with special needs, “What happens next?”

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