Autism Consulting of the Carolinas

09/22/2024

Looking for local volunteer opportunities for Autism Consulting families for Saturday 10/26. We are celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Will be followed by a family picnic!!! Please help me brainstorm ideas/locations.💚

11/19/2023

Dinner club is usually a night out on the town. But tonight THEY decided they wanted a laid back cookout at my house. They came ready with games and the topics of conversation were varied.
At the end of the night as the last one was waiting for their ride home, she said that she and a few other girls have been talking back-and-forth about planning a sleepover.  This absolutely validates why I started this, to increase their social skills to facilitate friendships. It made me cry!

03/19/2023

Huge thank you to Victory Lanes for hosting our monthly Dinner Club. If you love bowling and are in the Lake Norman area, this is an amazing facility with great service and lots to do.

08/01/2021

Exciting news! Updated website!
www.autismnc.com

Social skills group and dinner club beginning in September the second Saturday of the month!

Please share!!

PM me or send an email through website if interested!





The more the merrier! ❤️

To support families as they navigate the complex emotions and experiences of caring for a child with Autism. Johanna Banks MSW, LCSW.

10/12/2020

Autism Consulting Of The Carolina’s is offering social skills groups and parent support groups! PM for more information! 💙

08/15/2019

“People with Autism are super heroes that are unaware of their super powers.” L.G. - client of ACC.

Check out the updated website.
Autismnc.com

05/07/2018

I feel very fortunate to have been given the opportunity to tell my story as the keynote speaker at the Special Needs Mini-Conference in Salisbury North Carolina. Thank you to Partners in Learning for the invitation.
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03/17/2018

Autism Consulting of the Carolina's has some exciting news to share. As of April 9th I will be joining Pediatric Advanced Therapy as their Lead Social Worker. I will be doing individual sessions in home and in office, parent coaching, social thinking and IEP support. The best news yet is that I will be accepting insurance. Call now to schedule with me. Autism Consulting of the Carolinas will be transitioning to accomodate children 16 years of age and older, helping to prepare for adulthood! If you have any questions please PM me. Please Share the Post. I am so excited for this next chapter of my career!
http://www.pediatricadvancedtherapy.com

My clients are parents who are struggling the ASD diagnosis with various levels of stress, feelings of sadness, frustration, failure and confusion.

01/29/2018

All kinds of awesome!!!

01/03/2018

We got this wonderful review from one of our parents, but she's not on Facebook so we're sharing her "5 Star" review for her. We're always grateful for reviews! Happy New Year!
www.autismnc.com

"The VERY BEST find ever was a recommendation from our 19 year old daughter’s psychiatrist. It was Johanna Banks, LCSW . We hired Johanna to coach our daughter who has high functioning autism and ADHD. Our daughter had just started her first semester in college and was struggling socially and academically. She wanted to drop out.

Johanna met with our daughter and us individually to learn our concerns and history. She then began working with our daughter one on one at college and via face time to teach and coach her on independent living skills in school and her personal life. Johanna also communicates with the staff and administration and teaches our daughter to advocate for herself. Johanna’s kind, empathetic personality and counseling and autism training has been the unique quality we have needed to help our daughter get to the next level in adulthood and independent living.

The especially incredible part of this help has been Johanna's ability to coach my husband, me and even our kids by phone and face time. She's been a life saver and it has transformed our relationship with our daughter. I no longer have to be a nag. Johanna works with our daughter which allows us to get out of the way so she can become more independent. We can be parents of a young adult and can walk alongside and love her as she grows. Our daughter is so much more willing to listen and calmly work with us. It's taken years of frustration out of our relationship and we are healing a lot of painful hurts. It's a slow process and after three months of work we are seeing a huge payoff.

We plan to continue with Johanna and we recommend her to any family with an adult son or daughter on the spectrum in school or making the transition to adulthood."

To support families as they navigate the complex emotions and experiences of caring for a child with Autism. Johanna Banks MSW, LCSW.

11/26/2017

Interested in a monthly Mother’s Night Out to socialize and support each other. The restaurant location will vary monthly. Please contact me via PM if interested!