Specialized Therapeutic and Educational Services
School and Community Based Programs
Circle of Care - Grief and Ilness Support for Children and Families
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A second grader gets free eye glasses and goes from remedial reading
to the top of his class . A child who witnessed the shooting of
her uncle receives counseling and the nightmares finally stop . A three-year-old boy who was drug exposed during pregnancy receives
the special services he needs to discover the joy of play for the
first time in his
life.
Transformational changes are happening in children's lives
every day at a remarkable place right here in our own community.
East Bay Agency for Children (EBAC) was founded in 1952 by parents
in the community who responded to a need for specialized services
for emotionally disturbed children that did not exist anywhere in
the Bay Area. Since then, EBAC has grown to provide a wide variety
of critically needed services for more than 12,000 children annually.
EBAC currently operates 12 different programs located at sites
throughout Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.
EBAC serves families through a range of programs for children
from primarily age two to age eighteen including:
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Specialized Therapeutic and Educational Services
We offer individualized counseling and educational services for
children from two to fourteen years of age who suffer from serious
emotional disturbances. These children, who have often suffered
abuse, neglect, and/or drug exposure during pregnancy, receive
services from our programs in Oakland and Fremont for elementary
school age children, our program in Union City for middle school
age children, and our Therapeutic Nursery School operated in partnership
with Children's Hospital Oakland.
- School and Community Based Programs
Our Prevention and Life Skills (PALS) Program is dedicated
to fostering school success for children at elementary schools
in Oakland and Fremont. We operate three Healthy Start programs
committed to providing comprehensive and coordinated services
that eliminate the physical, psychological, and social barriers
to academic success. Healthy Start programs operate in Oakland
and Fremont. Our Child Assault Prevention
(CAP) program teaches children, youth, parents, teachers,
and other youth service providers how to recognize and respond
to abusive and unsafe situations at 30 additional schools throughout
Alameda County.
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Circle of Care - Grief and Ilness Support for Children and
Families
We help children and families coping with loss, serious illness,
and trauma (principally from cancer, HIV or violence) in Alameda
and Contra Costa counties by providing individual and group counseling,
in-home assistance, and community crisis intervention.
If you want to find out more about how to make a difference in
the lives of struggling children, rather than just lamenting their
plight, please click here.
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