The whole team at Advanced Therapy Solutions (ATS) wants to welcome you to what will be one of many steps on your journey of healing and recovery. We started ATS in 2004 to offer mental health services to those who were having problems finding them elsewhere. We found that individuals were struggling to find timely services and were being asked to wait weeks or months to get an appointment. From day one we have been committed to offering timely services. For therapy services, this means you will be offered an appointment within three business days of an initial phone conversation with a therapist; for child and adolescent services, this means services will start within 30 days of an initial intake meeting. We understand that when an individual or family is in need, they don’t want to wait weeks or months for support and assistance.
We have always been committed to meeting the needs of our community, which is why we started in the first place. Through conversations with families, case managers and professionals, we began to identify additional areas of need in our community. We now offer Children’s HCBS services for kids on the Intellectual Disability, Brain Injury, and Children’s Mental Health Waivers, KidsShare Group Therapy (a unique service in Central Iowa), and Behavioral Health Intervention Services. We have also recently become one of the first providers of home-based habilitation services for teens and young adults.
As ATS has continued to meet the needs of our community we have grown significantly, including adding many committed and passionate professionals to support and assist in your healing journey. You will not find a more committed and supportive team to partner with you and your family in your time of need.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: More Than a Deficit
by: Tony Raymer
Taken from the February 2012 Advanced Therapy Solutions Newsletter
We have all heard the downsides of the common diagnosis of ADHD (Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder): Too much energy, can’t focus, disorganization, and it goes on and on.
But people are so much more than their diagnosis, no matter what it may be. People with ADHD have a quick moving mind, great in crisis or fast paced work places. They are often highly creative and able to multi-task with the best of them.
They are constantly aware of what is going on in their environment, and despite their attention deficit, are able to hyper-focus on those things which interest them most.
Just to bring this point home here are some famous people with ADHD:
-Magic Johnson
-Michael Phelps
-Justin Timberlake
-David Neeleman (JetBlue Founder, and billionaire)
-Paul Orfalea (Kinko’s Founder)
Click here for the Advanced Therapy Solutions Newsletter February 2012
