The Help Group Child and Family Center

The Help Group Child and Family Center (THGCFC) provides a comprehensive range of services to children, adolescents, young adults and families including mental health services, child abuse and intervention programs, autism programs, speech & language therapy, occupational therapy, adaptive physical education, parent education, vocational training, residential programs, and graduate/post-graduate professional training. THGCFCS mental health programs provide individual and group therapy, psychiatric services, targeted case management, behavioral support services, and therapeutic pre-school and after-school programs. It also offers intensive family-based services, such as Wraparound and FSP, as well as Child Abuse Prevention & Intervention programs like Family Preservation and Partnerships for Families that include parent training and support. THGCFC offers after-school enrichment, recreational and summer camp opportunities for children with autism spectrum disorders through Kids Like Me. THGCFC offers young adults life skills coaching and social recreation through Advance LA. Through The Help GroupUCLA Neuropsychology Program, it provides neuropsychological services to children, adolescents and adults. It also expands clinical research in the education and treatment of those with autism spectrum disorder through The Help Group and the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior During 2022/2023, clients served by programs of THGCFC totaled over 5,156. Comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic services are provided to individuals with serious emotional disturbance, mental retardation, autism, language and learning disabilities and those suffering the effects of abuse, abandonment and neglect. These programs promote improved functioning in home, at school and in the community. The Mental Health Programs also serve to avert hospitalization or institutionalization.