Category: Fostering Kindness & Empathy

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For over 70 years, CHC has been a leader in youth mental health and learning differences, providing expert therapy, specialized schools, and essential resources for families.
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At CHC, we offer a wide range of specialized services, all of which can be grouped into four key areas.
Evaluations

Expert evaluations across learning, development, and mental health.

Psychoeducational & Neuropsychological

Autism

IQ/Intellectual

Speech & Language

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Learning Support

One-on-one support for ADHD, dyslexia, and other learning differences, along with executive function coaching.

Psychiatry

Client-centered care to assess, diagnose, and create tailored treatment plans.

Medication Management

Therapy

Comprehensive behavioral and mental health support, parent coaching, and groups.

Individual Psychotherapy

Parent Coaching

Young Adult Therapy

Young Child Therapy

DBT Skills Groups

Family Psychotherapy

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Our Programs

Many know us through our programs, which bring together our comprehensive mental health and learning differences services.

Catherine T. Harvey Center
for Clinical Services

Ages 0-25

Comprehensive mental health services.

Early Support Program for Autism

Families

Free support for families with an early autism diagnosis.

RISE Intensive Outpatient Program

Ages 13-18

Intensive outpatient program for teens struggling with self-harm.

Schwab Learning Center

Ages 13-25+

One-on-one support for ADHD, dyslexia, and learning differences.
Our Schools
Our Schools

CHC has two specialized schools, each designed to meet the needs of students with different learning styles and challenges.
Esther B. Clark School

Grades K-12

Nonpublic therapeutic day school providing students with individualized supports focusing on social-emotional and behavioral growth.

Palo Alto

San Jose

Sand Hill School

Grade 2-8

Students with ADHD, dyslexia, school-based anxiety, attention issues, and social challenges.

Palo Alto
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Together, we can make a greater impact by educating the community and reducing the stigma around learning differences and mental health.
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SPOT: Speech Therapy & OT

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Ellis - An Educator Resource
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Fostering Kindness & Empathy

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Validation – What It Is and Why It’s Important

Validation is the communication that someone’s experience, thoughts, emotions, and behaviors make sense, even if we don’t agree with it. Read more >>

How to Have Difficult Conversations When You Don’t Like Conflict

For most people, conflict is a source of stress, and especially so if you are someone who avoids confrontations. Avoiding or delaying a difficult conversation can hurt your relationships and create other negative outcomes. It may not feel natural at Read more >>

Raising Compassionate Kids

Join host Cindy Lopez and her guests as they discuss how a family culture of compassion can really open hearts and minds. Therapist Kendra Evans and Occupational Therapist Vibha Pathak draw from their professional experiences working with kids of all Read more >>

Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids and Start Raising Kind Ones

As anyone who has been called out for hypocrisy by a small child knows, kids are exquisitely attuned to gaps between what grown-ups say and what grown-ups do. If you survey American parents about what they want for their kids, Read more >>

Building the Core Skills Youth Need for Life: A Guide for Education and Social Service Practitioners [downloadable]

All youth need to develop a set of core life skills to manage school, work, outside interests, and social relationships successfully. From the perspective of brain development, these skills include planning, focus, self-control, awareness, and flexibility—also known as “executive function” Read more >>

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Knowledge is Power

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Kids & Teens

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