Children’s Council of San Francisco helps families find licensed child care and preschool options through its Child Care Finder and child care resource and referral services. It also provides information about paying for child care, child development and learning, family workshops, and community resources. The website includes a resource section for children with disabilities, so […]
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Golden Gate Regional Center connects people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families to services and supports in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin counties. For infants and toddlers ages 0–36 months who may have a developmental delay or a high-risk condition, it provides Early Start early-intervention services and develops an Individualized Family Service […]
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Center for Children and Youth provides child and adolescent therapy, psychiatry, occupational therapy, and psychological assessments and evaluations for developmental, learning, and mental-health concerns. It supports children and teens with ADHD, anxiety, learning differences, behavioral challenges, and school-related difficulties, and also offers parent coaching, parent support groups, and parenting workshops. Parent programs are offered online […]
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SFUSD’s Assistive Technology Innovation Center helps SFUSD students with disabilities, families, and staff access and explore assistive technology for education. Families can ask about assistive technology devices, AAC supports, and district-assigned accommodations. The center offers an open lab for creating classroom materials and visuals, with tools including Boardmaker, laminating, printing, binding, and paper cutting. AAC […]
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The Institute for the Advancement of Psychotherapy provides psychotherapy for children, adolescents, families, couples, and adults. For children and teens, the site lists support for ADHD, anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma/PTSD, eating disorders, anger, defiance, self-harm, and sleep problems. Its listed therapy approaches include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), evolving structural-strategic family therapy, and EMDR. Services are […]
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Sterne School is a co-ed independent day school in the Bay Area for neurodiverse students in grades 4–12. It uses a strengths-based approach and provides learning support as part of the school day for students with dyslexia, ADHD, and other language-based learning challenges. The school has lower, middle, and high school programs; its high school […]
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My City School is a non-public school for students in grades 4–8 who benefit from non-traditional learning environments, including students with learning disabilities. It uses small educational pods, 4:1 ratios for core classes, and one-to-one classroom support from learning specialists, educational therapists, special-education teachers, and intervention specialists. Instruction includes hands-on, multisensory and project-based learning, with […]
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The Sequoia Village Schoolhouse is an inclusive, neurodivergent-affirming independent micro-school for students in pre-kindergarten through second grade. It provides personalized academics in intimate classes with a 3:1 student-to-teacher ratio and special educators supporting students with academic and social differences. The school offers classroom accommodations and curricular modifications tailored to individual students, along with daily school-to-home […]
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Lindamood-Bell San Francisco provides individualized instruction to support reading, comprehension, math, writing, attention, expressive language, memory, and executive functioning. The center conducts a Learning Ability Evaluation to identify strengths and areas for growth and tailor instruction. Services are available in person or live online in one-to-one and small-group formats. The center serves students of all […]
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SFUSD provides early childhood special education assessment and services for eligible young children with disabilities through an IEP. Infant and toddler services support children with low-incidence disabilities, including vision, hearing, orthopedic, or multiple impairments, through a family-centered IFSP model. Preschool options include integrated general-education classes, special day classes, itinerant support in a child’s natural environment, […]
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