Youth Services and Children’s Services

Youth Services and Children’s Services offers a wide range of options that include caregiver-child classes, children’s classes, and youth programs. The program includes specific activities such as Fun with Food, Tú y Yo, social learning groups, motor developmental classes, and handwriting readiness groups. It also offers individual and group services such as individual speech therapy, individual occupational therapy, individual early intervention therapy, early intervention general development group classes, speech therapy group classes, motor group classes, and feeding therapy, along with early intervention and free developmental screening.

The program also provides speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, employment and job assessment, employment services, independent living skills, computer education, and tailored day services. Families can access community programs such as community-based day programs, campus-based day programs, community access, Community Connections and Adult Day Program, Learning and Employment Campus, Learning and Resource Campus, CareerPath, CollegePath, and social recreation programs. Additional supports include family support services, Help Me Grow, a Family Resource Center, parent support groups, LearningLinks, Stroke and Brain Injury Services – REACH, and the Phil Egan Program for the Arts.

Bryan Neider serves as CEO of AbilityPath, which offers Youth Services and Children’s Services. The organization’s mission is celebrating neurodiversity and empowering individuals with developmental disabilities through innovative, inclusive programs and community partnerships. AbilityPath is CARF International accredited, and CARF International is an independent, nonprofit accreditor of health and human services. AbilityPath collaborates with businesses, third-party providers, local nonprofits, and various organizations and is a member of the California Disability Services Association (CDSA). The organization states that it has one of the most comprehensive service portfolios spanning all ages from early intervention for infants to community access and job training for adults and seniors, and that all programs are designed to prepare children and adults to actively participate in their schools, communities, workplaces, and at home. AbilityPath is also described as a well-regarded nonprofit organization that meets the highest standards of accountability.

Last updated March 21, 2026.