Crisis resources
Contra Costa Crisis Center 800-833-2900
- 24 hour crisis/suicide hotline
Contra Costa Grief Hotline 800-837-1818
Support Organizations.
Support in Lamorinda area:
Poise (Parents of Orinda Individuals in Special Education)
ADHD:
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD)
Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
Autism Spectrum Disorders:
Yale Child Study Center - Autism Program at Yale
Regional Center of the East Bay (RCEB)
International Society for Autism
Learning Disabilities:
Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
Disabilities Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
Community Alliance for Special Education (CASE)
Tourette's Syndrome:
Tourette's Syndrome Association (TSA)
Gifted Children:
California Association for the Gifted
Resources for Young Adults.
New Directions for Young Adults - California 866-611-5450
100 Longbrook Way Suite 20
Pleasant Hill CA 94523
- College program for young adults with Asperger's, Autism and other social/emotional, psychiatric and academic challenges, providing both academic and life skills training. Kent Grelling was co-founder and served as clinical director of the program until June 2017
