I just took this amazing training and am considering implementing it with a new client, but after meeting with the mother today I am not sure this would be the appropriate model.
21 year old, adult with high functioning autism, living at home in the basement, no job, no college, since October he's been back after moving out of state. The accommodations mom uses are basically just allowing him to stay rent free, providing wifi and cell phone and food and laundry. He has a few responsibilities but that's really it. I thought that SPACE might be a good model but trying to adjust her accommodations seems like it would really require us to put demands on the young adult child.
Any advice or thoughts about trying to use this model in this scenario are greatly appreciated.
We see this combination a lot with our parents and young adults, and have found that the " secret" is to find the right balance between a reasonable sized " ask"( while parents feel able to hold firm on the consequence of YA inaction) and the YA functional ability to complete the task. Often we ask parents to start with a small ask that without a doubt they can hold in the face of their YA upset response. aka - " if a tsunami came and washed away the house, you'd still (x)" A bit dramatic but you get the point. Happy to talk more any time!