Community Resources

Paws & Puberty book cover

Skye Life Solutions proudly presents: Intro to puberty book as told through animals, to ease this sensitive subject. This book is a fun way to talk to your kids about puberty. This was specifically created by a licensed counselor who specializes in children and has for over a decade. Jacqui created this book specifically per her client’s request to sell to non-clients. She has successfully used it for many years. The fun characters are taken from real-life animal-assisted therapy team members at Skye Therapy. This is for sale on Amazon for consultants and the community. 

Skye Therapy child gently standing beside a calm mini horse inside the barn

Empowerment Scholarship-Autism

Children who don’t fit into the traditional public school system may qualify for this scholarship to attend a private school. They also offer funds for other therapies/social activities.  Empowerment Scholarship Account

Support Groups

ASSIST & EVAN are support network for parents of Autistics. Meetings are held on a monthly basis in Mesa/Chandler throughout the school year. They have advocates and attorneys to consult with. 

The Autisticats is an online community with resources written by three autistic adults:

Specialty Services

If you have been diagnosed with Autism, then you can register for services through SEEK or SARRC. They have an array of services for children and adults. 

If you would like your child to be formally assessed or you need an IEE (Independent Education Eval), we recommend Arizona Pediatric Assessment Center-Dr. Griffiths https://azassessment.com/

Board-certified adolescent psychiatrists: Dr. Mark Schwartz & Dr. Melissa Ramirez & Dr. Arielle Rubin 

Naturopathic Doctors/Functional Medicine

Now collaborating with Wild Ember Psychiatry & Therapy to offer GeneSight® testing, QbCheck testing, same day ER psychiatric consults, functional medicine, and many more upper level services to compliment our therapy services  https://www.wildemberpsych.com/

Dr. Barbara Ezrre, NMD, Desert Wellness Center, 480-361-5188, specializing in adults 

Dr. Xan Simonson, NMD, 480-584-3224, specializing in pain management including EDS

Dr. Rittling, NMD specializing in pediatrics https://www.blossomwellnessaz.com/drrittling

Chiropractic for mental health

Services for professionals

Arizona tax and accounting services for counselors https://www.williamstaxgroup.com/

Arizona business attorneys  https://accelerateip.com/burt-skiba/ and  https://cdmlawfirm.com/

Malpractice coverage CPH & Associates https://cphins.com/

Equine liability Insurance options: https://www.hallmarkhorse.com/ or Equisure https://www.equisure-inc.com/

US service dog registry (free of charge) https://www.usservicedogregistry.org/

ACA Code of Ethics for Animal Assisted Therapies https://www.counseling.org/docs/default-source/competencies/animal-assisted-therapy-competencies-june-2016.pdf?sfvrsn=52e79b39_4

*Please note that Skye is not affiliated with any of these agencies, so please use your own discretion when choosing a provider. 

the crew
jaqui with two horses in desert landscape