Common Threads Family Resource Center

🌻😎 Check out this summer's groups! 😎🌻
CCS and insurance funding:
Connections - Space for neurodivergent adults to connect (*a social group, not support group*) Mondays 5-6p, in-person, 6/29/26-8/31/26, 18+
CCS funding only:
Parent/Caregivers of Autistic 11-14 Year Olds Psychoeducation Group - Explore questions and receive information on related topics. Tuesdays 12-12:55p, virtual, 6/16/26-8/11/26
Cooking Club - Engaging, skills-based group for teens ready to grow their independence in the kitchen. Thursdays 9:30-11:30a, in-person, 6/18/26-8/6/26, 13-17 yr olds
Improv Group - Build executive functioning, perspective taking and flexible language building through light-hearted improvisation activities. Mondays 10:30-11:30a, in-person, 6/15/26-8/10/26, 8-12 yr olds

✨ Get more info or sign-up by calling 608-838-8999 or e-mailing [email protected] ✨

☺️✨🤗 It’s time! 🤗✨☺️

Check out:
- name tags with color options to visually communicate if open to talk to anyone, open to talk to folks you know or not interested in talking to anyone
- 22 booths with local resources and connections
- fidget making space
- sensory walk
- quiet zone with sensory lap pads, headphones, fidgets and coloring options
- chance to buy from a bake sale (made as part of skill and empowerment building with a group run by our wonderful OTs)
- some of our favorite t-shirts for sale

🌷🌸🌼 The big day is almost here! Common Threads' annual Neurodiversity Resource Fair is taking place this Saturday! 🌼🌸🌷

Connect with organizations across Dane County to explore resources,
supports & opportunities that enrich the lives of neurodivergent individuals on May 9th from 9a-11a at 1717 N Stoughton Rd.

Conéctese con organizaciones de todo el condado de Dane para explorar recursos,
apoyos y oportunidades que enriquecen las vidas de las personas neurodivergentes 9 de mayo de 9-11a 1717 N Stoughton Rd

Happy Friday! 😎 If you're at the ASGW Conference in WI Dells stop by our booth outside Africa 60/70 in the East corridor - we have some of our staff and client's fave shirts for sale and it's a great chance to learn more about our services 😸

We can't wait to see our own Meg Leick (speech therapist) present today on "Managing Misinformation about Neurodiversity" during the first breakout session! Alos looking forward to tomorrow when our Kennedy Kaltenberg & Kory Douglass (psychotherapists) will be presenting on "Tech/Support: Psychoeducation for Caregivers about Young Autistics' Mental Health and Screens/Gaming/Internet (SGI) also during first session. ✨Go team! ✨

Shoutout to Serendipity Labs for letting CT use their amazing co-working space for a staff training! Last week, our clinical team received training on the Low Arousal Approach (a de-escalation-focused, person-centered, and evidence-based approach to managing distressed behaviors) from our very own Monty and Michaela - the first LAA trained facilitators in the US!

We're looking for a neuro-affirming, driven SPED teacher to join our school team for the 26-27 school year! Is it you? Apply on our website: https://www.commonthreadsmadison.org/hiring

🥶📖 Happy snowy Wednesday 📚🥶
This week's book is The Insider Guide to PDA. It offers an in-depth exploration of PDA (Persistent Drive for Autonomy) which is a profile os some neurodivergent experiences. The book covers topics like what PDA can be like at each different life stage, strategies for self-regulation and support of loved ones and each chapter closes with commentary from the authors - Sally Cat and Brook Madera are both PDAers who are also parents of PDA kiddos. Check this book out for helpful insight and knowledge!
P.S. This book and a feature on PDA were in March's edition of our monthly newsletter - subscribe for more info about topics related to neurodivergence, book recs and info about upcoming events! http://www.commonthreadsmadison.org/join 😸

Hi all, with the high interest and need for OT services paired with a small hiring pool the clinic has made the hard decision to stop adding new names to our OT waitlist.

We will suggest other agencies for those interested in OT who reach out to us and will announce when we are able reopen the waitlist. Stay safe and warm today! 💙

🎺 Come one, come all to learn about our incoming Clinical Psychologist - Dr. Holly Morales! 🎺
Dr. Morales practices from a neurodiversity-affirming and social justice–informed perspective. She believes that people are the experts on their own experiences and that accurate diagnosis can be an important step toward self-understanding, support, and access to care. Her approach emphasizes listening closely to clients, reducing barriers to diagnosis, and moving away from deficit-based models toward strengths-based understanding.
We're looking forward to learning from her and increasing the ways in which we can support clients and students. Yay! 😸🌼🧠