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Project CHILDD offers creative art therapy, music, yoga, interactive storytelling, and therapeutic art and movement activities. Children and teens take part in structured sessions that include professional art instruction, with support from teen mentors who participate alongside them.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Classes are held on select weekend dates during the 2026–2027 school year, with an art show on June 6, 2027.
• Price: free
Project CHILDD is a community-based outreach program for children and teens with developmental disabilities. It is part of Project Community, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting youth and teens through mental health awareness and skill-building initiatives that foster self-awareness, resilience, and confidence in navigating everyday challenges. Since 1985, Project Community has been providing youth with the “knowledge to navigate” the situations that every teen encounters.
The program is supported by a nursing professional who is always on site during the sessions and a Program Director with expertise in teaching and mental health. Project CHILDD is managed by a registered professional nurse, a social worker, and community volunteers. Families of the children receive a “gift of time” that is described as a brief respite from caregiving.
Project CHILDD includes a dedicated group of teen volunteers who act as mentors, providing guidance and friendship, and it gives these teen mentors a chance to volunteer, increase their social sensitivity, and make new, differently-abled friends. Project CHILDD also runs the You&Me initiative in collaboration with local police departments to promote independence, safety, and trust for residents with special needs. Project Community has also partnered with the Pelham Art Center to host “Be the Influence” workshops focused on social media use and its effects on teen mental health.
One parent reports that their autistic daughter has participated in Project CHILDD for many years and describes her experience as including new friends, care by nurses, creative art projects, exercise, treats, parties, smiles and laughs, and relationships with neurotypical teen mentors, and describes the program as free and located in their town. A teen mentor describes Project CHILDD as a program where they guide developmentally disabled and autistic children through therapeutic art and movement activities and notes the ongoing connections they have built with the children over several years. To attend, families must complete a PROJECT CHILDD Registration and Emergency/Medical Form.
Last updated July 29, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Classes are held on select weekend dates during the 2026–2027 school year, with an art show on June 6, 2027.
• Price: free
Project CHILDD is a community-based outreach program for children and teens with developmental disabilities. It is part of Project Community, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting youth and teens through mental health awareness and skill-building initiatives that foster self-awareness, resilience, and confidence in navigating everyday challenges. Since 1985, Project Community has been providing youth with the “knowledge to navigate” the situations that every teen encounters.
The program is supported by a nursing professional who is always on site during the sessions and a Program Director with expertise in teaching and mental health. Project CHILDD is managed by a registered professional nurse, a social worker, and community volunteers. Families of the children receive a “gift of time” that is described as a brief respite from caregiving.
Project CHILDD includes a dedicated group of teen volunteers who act as mentors, providing guidance and friendship, and it gives these teen mentors a chance to volunteer, increase their social sensitivity, and make new, differently-abled friends. Project CHILDD also runs the You&Me initiative in collaboration with local police departments to promote independence, safety, and trust for residents with special needs. Project Community has also partnered with the Pelham Art Center to host “Be the Influence” workshops focused on social media use and its effects on teen mental health.
One parent reports that their autistic daughter has participated in Project CHILDD for many years and describes her experience as including new friends, care by nurses, creative art projects, exercise, treats, parties, smiles and laughs, and relationships with neurotypical teen mentors, and describes the program as free and located in their town. A teen mentor describes Project CHILDD as a program where they guide developmentally disabled and autistic children through therapeutic art and movement activities and notes the ongoing connections they have built with the children over several years. To attend, families must complete a PROJECT CHILDD Registration and Emergency/Medical Form.
Last updated July 29, 2026.
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