Mental Health Resources

Family Paths -Family Paths, Inc. (formerly Parental Stress Service) is a non-profit organization of mental health professionals and dedicated volunteers that provide a number of mental health and supportive services to low income, multi-stressed individuals and families.

Child Mind Institute is an organization that provides information and resources to support children with mental health needs and/or learning differences.  During this crisis,  it provides daily tips to help parents during this crisis, Facebook Live chats with expert mental health clinicians, remote evaluations and telemedicine, and advice on how to nurture and protect your child.

Divorce Care for Kids: provides an online directory of Bay Area divorce support group for children.  A DivorceCare for Kids (DC4K) group is a safe, fun place where your children can learn skills that will help them heal. DC4K groups blend, games, music, stories, videos and discussion to help kids process the divorce and move forward. Also provides a directory of articles with parenting advice and strategies.

Understood.org is a new, free online resource (in English and Spanish) that is aimed at providing families with the practical tools and advice for their child’s academic, social, and emotional journey and especially for children struggling with learning and/or attention issues.

Gender Spectrum is an organization that provides a variety of free online spaces for LGBTQ, gender-inclusive, and non-binary communities.  They also offer resources and parenting support in Spanish. 

Autism Speaks: National organization that provides information, parenting advice, and online spaces for supporting the needs of individuals with autism.