Community Engagement
CHC’s Collaborative Groups
Working together to serve our community.
About
CHC’s Collaborative groups support and build collaboration among professionals who serve children, teens, young adults, and their families. By connecting and sharing resources, we support one another and encourage each other to continue our critical work with courage, connection, and compassion.
- Connect, collaborate, learn, and grow
- Champion the needs of our community
- Identify opportunities to work together
- Support learning, mental health, and wellness for all
- Access Professional self care
Learning Specialists Collaborative
This Collaborative group is especially for learning specialists and other educators who work with students with learning differences.
About the Group
- It’s easy and it’s free with quarterly, virtual meetings
- Get to know your colleagues at schools throughout the bay area
- Share resources for supporting students with learning differences
- Share challenges and find support
- Problem solve and network with colleagues about best practices for working with students with learning differences
Questions? Contact us at communityengagement@chconline.org
2023-2024 Convenings:
The Learning Specialists Collaborative convenes quarterly via Zoom.
- September 28, 2023 at 11:30 AM
- January 25, 2024 at 11:30 AM
- March 28, 2024 – Networking Social from 4:30 to 6:30 PM. Please RSVP via email.
Can’t attend? Sign up today to join our email list, attend Collaborative group meetings, and access valuable resources.
School Counselors Collaborative
This Collaborative group is especially for school counselors and wellness staff.
About the Group
- Get to know your colleagues at schools throughout the bay area
- Connect to trade tips for building a strong, positive school climate
- Share best practices and resources to help address the social emotional needs of students and their families
- Problem solve and share strategies to help support the mental health of your students
Questions? Contact us at communityengagement@chconline.org
2023-2024 Convenings:
The School Counselors Collaborative convenes quarterly and maintains resources.
- September 26, 2023 at 7:30 AM
- January 9, 2024 at 7:30 AM
- March 28, 2024 – Networking Social from 4:30 to 6:30 PM. Please RSVP via email.
Can’t attend? Sign up today to join our email list, attend Collaborative group meetings, and access valuable resources.
Leadership Collaborative
This Collaborative group led by CHC and Stanford Medicine is especially for those who work to support youth mental health and wellness and includes more than 100 participants across Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.
About the Group
The Leadership Collaborative:
- Shares resources and identify gaps in support and services
- Collectively joins together to help solve some of our community’s greatest challenges
- Creates a unified and effective continuum of care for youth mental health from prevention to intervention
- Calls upon each other during times of crisis for support to mobilize resources and aid
Contact us at communityengagement@chconline.org to join or learn more about this Collaborative group.
Leadership Collaborative Organizations
Here is a sampling of the organizations involved in the Leadership Collaborative:
Acknowledge Alliance
Adolescent Counseling Services
AIM for Mental Health
Altos Health
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Apex Foundation
Bay Area Clinical Associates (BACA)
Bring Change to Mind
CaLiCo Youth Services
California Children’s Trust
Caminar
CASSY
Castilleja School
Center for Youth Wellness
Challenge Success
Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation
Child Mind Institute
Children’s Health Council
Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC)
Crisis Text Line
David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Eastside College Preparatory School
El Camino Health Foundation
Enlight Foundation
Green Light Clinic
Health Connected
Healthy Teen Project
HEARD Alliance
Leading for Kids
LifeMoves
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Lydian Academy
Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission
Michael Harris Foundation
Microsoft
Mind Body Health
Motherly
MyTeam.org
NAMI Santa Clara County
Office of California Surgeon General
OneLove
Pacific Foundation Services
Palo Alto Center for Mind Body Health
Palo Alto Community Fund
Palo Alto Unified School District
Project Cornerstone
Project Safety Net
Sacred Heart Schools
SafeSpace
San Mateo County
Sand Hill Foundation
Sand Hill School
Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Services Department
Sequoia Healthcare District
Sequoia Union High School District
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Stanford Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Stanford Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Sutcliffe Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
Sutter Health/Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Taarika Foundation
Teen Rising Project
TeenzTalk
The Primary School
Young Minds Advocacy
Younger Family Fund
Youth Community Services
School Heads Collaborative
This CHC-facilitated Collaborative group is especially for Heads of specialized schools in the Bay Area who support neurodiverse learners and their families.
About the Group
The School Heads Collaborative:
- Meets quarterly in the spirit of collaboration to connect, share resources, and discuss challenges related to running small, specialized schools
- Each school in the Collaborative works to support and provide options for students in our community who learn differently
- These specialized schools generally provide smaller learning environments, specialized instruction, or flexible schedules
Contact us at communityengagement@chconline.org to join or learn more about this Collaborative group.
School Heads Collaborative Organizations
Arbor Bay School
Athena Academy
Charles Armstrong School
Chartwell School
Compass High School
Fusion, Palo Alto
Hope Technology School
Los Altos Christian School
Lydian Academy
Mid-Peninsula High School
Palo Alto Preparatory School
Renaissance Learner Academy
Sand Hill School
Stanbridge Academy
Stellar Academy for Dyslexics
Sterne School
Touchstone Learning
Winston Prep, Marin
Resource Library
Featured Resources
CHC’s anxiety and depression guide
Anxiety and depression frequently occur together and can develop at any age. In this guide, learn about anxiety & depression and how it can manifest in young children to young adults. Ask question, get answers and download tools and tips to help support your family and strengthen our community. You are not alone.
CHC’s ADHD guide
Understanding both strengths and challenges is essential in the journey of individuals with ADHD. Check out the ADHD Guide, our curated guide to growing, learning and thriving with ADHD — at home, in school and in life. Ask questions, get answers, and learn tools, tips and takeaways.
CHC’s learning differences guide
Check out the Learning Differences Guide for great info on understanding learning differences and how they influence school – and life — for children, youth and adults. Get expert tips, ask questions, get answers, and access tools, tips and takeaways for supporting children and students with greater success both now and throughout their future.
