FROM CITY HALL TO CAPITOL HILL
Our advocacy is changing the landscape for children and youth.
FROM RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE
Professional trainings led by international experts in child development and mental health.
PARENTING WITHOUT PANIC
We’re here to help with the everyday to the extraordinary.
Expert Evaluations and Testing to Help Your Child Thrive
We offer a full range of psychological testing with individualized recommendations for developmental, learning, and mental health concerns.
World-class services for families. A vision for a better future.
Our team of professionals ensures that children can grow and learn in supportive environments by leading advances in schools and communities that create a bright future for all children. As a division of Jewish Family and Children’s Services, we have provided compassionate services to Bay Area residents of all ages and faiths since 1850. We invite you to explore, learn, and join our community.
SERVICES FOR FAMILIES
ADVOCACY & CULTURAL IMPACT
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
A FAMILY’S SUCCESS STORY
“The Center for Children and Youth has been so amazingly beneficial for myself, my son, and my entire family to help us through really low points. They clearly know what they’re talking about in terms of child development.”
—Beth, Palo Alto
Watch Beth’s story of finding help for her son.
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CLASSES & WORKSHOPS FOR PARENTS
Get expert guidance online and at locations across the Bay Area concerning everything
from behavior and temperament, to discipline and limit-setting, to separation and divorce.
Drop-In Play in Palo Alto
Drop-In Play in San Mateo
Parenting Through Separation and Divorce—2 Sessions
Drop-In Play in Palo Alto
INSIGHTS FROM OUR EXPERTS
FEATURED
EXPERT
Our experts bring the latest research and best practices to our community.