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Specialized Day Schools

The Help Group's specialized day schools offer pre-K through high school programs for more than 1,300 students and are certified by the California State Department of Education. The schools provide diagnostic prescriptive teaching, small classes, individualized curriculum, counseling, speech, language and occupational therapy and adaptive physical education.

Young Learners Preschool for Autism is designed for children with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental delays. This program assesses the nature and degree of the challenges each child is confronting and fosters development in all essential areas through an interdisciplinary approach.

  1) WEBSITE
  2) APPLICATION

             (Sherman Oaks & Culver City Campuses)

Village Glen School serves children with social and communicative disabilities, including Asperger’s Disorder, high-functioning autism, and nonverbal learning disabilities. It offers a unique, individualized education with an emphasis on social skills in a nurturing, therapeutic environment. The Pace Program is available for gifted students. The Beacon Program educates students with behavioral challenges.

  1) WEBSITE
  2) BEACON PROGRAM
3) PACE PROGRAM
  4) APPLICATION
  5) SUMMER CAMP
            (Culver City & Sherman Oaks Campuses)

Pacific Schools comprises three unique educational and therapeutic day school programs. Pacific Ridge addresses the educational needs of students with emotional and behavioral disabilities. Pacific Cove Program is designed for students with autism spectrum disorders and significant behavioral challenges. The Harbor Program serves students with internalizing disorders, such as anxiety and depression.

  1) PACIFIC RIDGE
  2) PACIFIC COVE PROGRAM
  3) PACIFIC HARBOR PROGRAM
4) PACIFIC SCHOOLS APPLICATION

(Van Nuys Campus)

Bridgeport School integrates an academic curriculum with hands on life skills training and vocational services for students with mild cognitive delays and challenges in the areas of social communication and/or language development including autism spectrum disorders.

  1) BRIDGEPORT SCHOOL
  2) APPLICATION

                  (Sherman Oaks Campus)

Sunrise School serves students with classical autism and other developmental disabilities. Sunrise is dedicated to promoting communicative, behavioral, social, academic, motor, adaptive and independent living skills. These comprehensive programs enable each student to maximize his/her potential.

  1) WEBSITE
  2) APPLICATION
  3) SUNSHINE CAMP
  4) SARC Report
                (Sherman Oaks Campus)

Summit View School fosters the fullest potential of students with specific learning disabilities. In this dynamic environment, students build their academic skills, experience the educational process as positive and rewarding and recognize their strengths and abilities.

1) WEBSITE
2) APPLICATION
3) EVENTS
(Culver City & Valley Glen Campuses)

Coldwater Canyon Prep Program offers comprehensive academic and therapeutic curriculum in a highly specialized day school setting for students with specific learning disabilities and accompanying attention issues and /or social-emotional needs.

1) PROGRAM
2) APPLICATION
(Valley Glen Campus)

Clinical Programs

The Help Group Child and Family Center* serving children, adolescents, young adults and families, offers a broad spectrum of clinical services encompassing the following programs:

The Mental Health Services Programs provide psychiatry, individual, family and group therapy, case management, early intervention day treatment services for at-risk preschoolers, after school enrichment for at-risk children and vocational services.

The Help Group Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders offers comprehensive assessments using scientifically validated diagnostic tools for children from 18 months to adults. Therapeutic intervention, family support, therapeutic preschool programs, after school programs and summer camp for children with autism, high functioning autism and Asperger's Disorders are also available.

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Stepping Stones for children with behavioral and emotional difficulties offers a therapeutic day treatment program for preschoolers who are challenged by special needs, providing early childhood education in combination with comprehensive mental health services.

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The Speech Pathology and Occupational Therapy Programs provide comprehensive assessment and intervention services on current research and best practices in individual, small group and classroom settings.

The Help Group - UCLA Neuropsychology Program is an innovative partnership of The Help Group and UCLA's Neuropsychiatric Institute. The program provides neuropsychological assessments and consultations for children, adolescents and young adults and enriches the field of knowledge through its research and educational endeavors.

The Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention Programs include child and family counseling, foster family recruitment and placement, family preservation, teen parenting and family reunification counseling.

Project Six creates therapeutic living opportunities in nurturing, homelike settings for children, adolescents and young adults with developmental disabilities. With a full continuum of integrated services, these programs promote personal and interpersonal development, vocational and independent living skills.

All of the programs of The Help Group admit clients of any race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion and of either sex.

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