COMMUNITY SUPPORT GROUPS
Access a growing number of San Diego community support groups dedicated to offering services and programs to children and adults with special needs.
CHADD
CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) is a national non-profit organization that serves individuals with ADHD/ADD and their families.
Valeries List
Started over 13 years ago by a parent, our enewsletters continue to provide news and resources to over 2,500 individuals, and growing, in Southern California who are involved in the ASD community.
Team of Advocates for Special Kids
Parent Training and Information Center that parents and professionals can turn to for obtaining needed early intervention, educational, medical or therapeutic support service for children.
CHADD
Information for children and adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
Disability Help Center
Charlene Autolino
1831 4th Ave.
SD, CA 92101
619-282-1761
Point Loma of the Nazarene University
Nichole Hope-Moore, MAED
Director of Disability Resources
3900 Lomaland Drive
San Diego, CA 92106
California Hands & Voices
9820 Willow Creek Rd., Ste. 275
San Diego, CA 92131
(866) 422-0422
cahandsandvoices.org
ARC of San Diego
3030 Market St. #B,
SD, 92102
619-685-1175
Autism Support Group for Spanish Speakers
293 H St.,
Chula Vista, CA 91910
800-281-2852
Autism Through the Lifespan Support Group
2375 Congress St.,
SD, 92111
Brave Kids
Building Bridges Together Resources for Families
1840 Wilson Ave. #C,
National City, CA 91950
619-477-0757
www.buildingbridges2gether.org
Children in Need
6950 Levant St.,
SD, 92111
760-967-4600
COMPASS Family Center
619-543-9850 ext. 12432
Daddy and Me
Vince Bumanglag: 760-224-4635
Down Syndrome Association Of San Diego
9245 Sky Park Ct. #130,
SD, 92123
619-594-7389
Down Syndrome Friends and Family Activities
619-694-4615
Exceptional Family Resource Center (EFRC)
9245 Sky Park Ct. #130,
SD, 92123
800-281-8252
Filipino American Association for the Developmentally
Teresa Lucas: 619-502-0929
The Friendship Circle
16934 Chabad Way
Poway, CA, 92064
858-487-4879
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
www.raisingyourgrandchildren.com
The Hanna Fenichel Center
336-340 North Acacia Ave.,
Solana Beach, CA 92075
858-755-0860
Healthy Development Services (HDS) - Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego
3020 Children's Way #MC5129,
SD, 92123
858-576-1700, x7346
Kinship Support Services Program (KSSP)
619-543-9850, x123
San Diego Family Magazine
1475 Sixth Ave. 5th Fl.,
SD, 92101
619-685-6970
San Diego Parents Network for Special Needs Children
Dayon Higgins: 858-521-0895
San Diego Regional Center (SDRC)
4355 Ruffin Rd.,
SD, 92123
858-576-2996
Sibshops: San Diego Unified School District
619-725-7327
Special Needs
10675 Treena St. #102,
SD, 92131
858-578-9923
WIC-SDSU Research Foundation
9210 Sky Park Ct. #150
SD, 92123
888-999-6897
YMCA Kinship Support Services
877-YMCA-4-KIN
www.yfs.ymca.org/programs/kinship-support-services
Banding Together
7840 Mission Center Court #205,
SD, 92108
619-299-1411
San Diego Learning Center at the Dyslexia Training Institute
7424 Jackson Dr. #1B
SD, CA 92119
619-517-0683
www.dyslexiatraininginstitute.org
DEC-Rady Children's Developmental Evaluation Clinic
3020 Children's Way MC5023,
SD, 92123
858-966-5817
www.rchsd.org/developmentalservices
LD OnLine
Blind Community Center of San Diego
1805 Upas St., SD, 92103
619-298-5021
San Diego Center for the Blind & Vision Impaired
5922 El Cajon Blvd.,
SD, 92115
619-583-1542
The Vision of Children Foundation
11975 El Camino Real #104
SD, 92130
858-314-7917
San Diego Brain Injury Foundation
619-294-6541
United Cerebral Palsy of San Diego County
8525 Gibbs Dr. #100, SD, 92123
858-571-7803
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation San Diego Chapter
10455 Sorrento Valley Rd. #103,
SD, 92121
858-452-2873
San Diego Deaf Mental Health Services (SDDMHS)
707 Broadway 2nd Fl,
SD, 92101
858-410-1067
Down Syndrome Association of San Diego
9245 Sky Park Ct. #130,
SD, 92123
619-594-7389
Pediatric Down Syndrome Center
8010 Frost St. Ste. 602
SD, 92123
858-966-5840
San Diego Down Syndrome
1222 A. Woodside Ave. #238
Lakeside, CA 92040
619-708-5636
The International Dyslexia Association-San Diego Branch
619-685-4413
Epilepsy Foundation of San Diego
2055 El Cajon Blvd.,
SD, 92104
619-296-0161; 800-332-1000
Epilepsy Foundation of San Diego County
2055 El Cajon Blvd
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 296-0161
Muscular Dystrophy Association
4719 Viewridge Ave. #100,
SD, 92123
858-492-9792
800-572-1717
Project Walk Spinal Cord Injury Recovery
2738 Loker Ave,
Carlsbad, CA 92010
760-431-9789
Spina Bifida Association of Greater San Diego
P.O. Box 232272
San Diego, CA 92193-2272
(619) 491-9018
International Bipolar Foundation
11622 El Camino Real #100
SD, 92130
www.InternationalBipolarFoundation.org
San Diego Regional Center (SDRC)
4355 Ruffin Rd.,
SD, 92123
858-576-2996
International Bipolar Foundation
11622 El Camino Real #100
SD, CA 92130
www.InternationalBipolarFoundation.org
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) San Diego
4480 30th St.,
SD, 92116
619-543-1434
Peer2Peer Lines, MHS, Inc.
Golby Rahimi, MFT,
619-229-4290
County of San Diego Children's Services
877-792-5437
www.sdcounty.ca.gov/hhsa/programs/cs/
DSEP-Rady Children's Developmental Screening and Enhancement Program
3020 Children's Way #MC 5111
SD, 92123
858-966-7874
www.rchsd.org/developmentalservices
Walden Family Services-A Foster Family
619-584-5777
Valerie's List
Vista Community Clinic
Hector Navarrete
1000 Vale Terrance Drive
Vista, CA 92084
760-631-5000
United Cerebral Palsy
Bruce T. Fleming AAC Program Coordinator
6162 Mission Gorge Rd. Ste F
SD, CA 92123
858-278-5420
Sports for Exceptional Athletes
9575 Aero Drive #B
SD, CA 92123
858-565-7432
Autism Society of America, San Diego County
858-715-0678
sd-autism.org
Asperger's & HFA Parent Group
Chula Vista
Children's Autism Intervention Center at Children's Hospital
858-966-7453
Support for newly diagnosed: 858-966-5416
CARES Autism social skills group - for youth ages 8-17
(858) 444-8823 x1213
Coffee Talk - Carlsbad and San Marcos
858-715-0678
autismsocietysandiego.org
Empowering Autism Now
San Diego Young Adult Support at Access to Independence
619-750-8231
Parent Support for San Diego Unified School District Resource Students with Autism
858-490-8520
SPAYA (Supporting the Parents of Young Adults with Autism)
619-266-2723
TACA (Talk About Curing Autism) parent group
tacanow.org
Autism Friends Club at CASE
760-720-4964
Autism Support of Imperial County
760-337-2107
Support/Playgroup
858-412-3687 or 916-606-5072
Autism Support for Dad's
858-679-8800
Autism Support for Mom's
Sibshops for siblings of children with special needs
Support Group for siblings of children with developmental disabilities
858-571-7803
Friends With Open Minds
Teens and young adults (16-25 yrs) with and without disabilities
858-571-7803
"Let's Talk", "Baby & Me" and "Toddler & Me" Groups
858-272-9641
Support for parents of twins in SDRC Early Start Program
858-503-4477
Filipino-American Assoc. for Developmental Disabilities
858-576-2980
Drug/Alcohol Support for Regional Center Consumers
619-336-6600
Special needs playgroup
People First Self-Advocacy Support
619-645-3024
Stepmom to Stepmom
Support for Caregivers
858-268-4432
Support group for mothers of kids with special needs
Young Life Capernaum San Diego Club
Teens/young adults with special needs
YMCA COMPASS Family Center
619-543-9850 x12431
East San Diego County:
Hand in Hand support for families of children with physical or developmental disabilities
619-465-2288 or 619-465-1364
Parent Support by Home of Guiding Hands
619-938-2880
Puzzled Parents
Special needs support in El Cajon
619-922-8608
Drug/Alcohol Support for Regional Center Consumers
858-4576-2980
Regional Center Support for siblings of children with disabilities
619-596-1022
Santee Peers social group for consumers ages 18 and older
619-596-1023
North San Diego County:
San Diego Parents Network for Children with Special Needs
858-521-0895
Parent Advocates Seeking Solutions
858-748-2594
First Friday Club for parents of children with developmental disabilities
San Marcos
760-736-1200
Support for parents of children in Early Start Program
San Marcos
760-736-1200
Drug/Alcohol Support for Regional Center Consumers
San Marcos
619-336-6600
Support group for parents and caregivers of children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
San Diego
North County Network of Parents of children with special needs
760-736-1200
Special Needs Nexus
A new support community for parents, professionals and people with special needs
760-496-9074
Special Connections
Temecula
951-699-3127
Coalition of Advocates for Special Learners
Temecula
951-695-0339
Ramona Peers social group for consumers ages 18 and older
619-596-1048
FASD Network of Southern California
Carlsbad
760-845-1650
https://sites.google.com/site/socalfasdnetwork/
South San Diego County:
Drug/Alcohol Support for Regional Center Consumers
National City
619-336-6600
South Bay Social Forum for adult consumers
619-336-6600
United Families Bilingual parent support
619-336-6600
Imperial County:
Wellness Support
El Centro
760-352-9413
Infant Toddler Program Bilingual
760-312-6641
Peer Support by Access to Independence
760-353-4191 or 760-353-2802
Drug/Alcohol Support for Regional Center Consumers
Imperial
760-355-8383
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We do not independently review the Third-Party providers or services. Therefore, it is essential that you thoroughly investigate any service that will be used by, or will be caring for, your child/adult.
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