Community Corner | By Jamie Wilkins (Patch Staff) – November 25, 2016 10:30 am ET Adolescent Counseling Services has launched a campaign to kick off the giving season and think about those suffering from mental health. From Adolescent Counseling Services: Adolescent Counseling Services (ACS) has joined #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving held November 29th […]
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 At Adolescent Counseling Services, we were shocked and saddened to learn of the devastating attack on the LGBTQ+ community during Latin Night at PULSE nightclub in Orlando, Florida. We wish to express our deepest condolences to the loved ones of those who were killed. As people around the world grieve and […]
By: Kate Bradshaw, The Almanac After getting priced out of its former offices in eastern Palo Alto, Adolescent Counseling Services has found a new home, with a three-year lease, at 643 Bair Island Road in Redwood City, said Aarika Riddle, Adolescent Counseling Services marketing and advancement director. The nonprofit, which provides counseling to youth ages […]
Programs to be offered in San Mateo County and North Santa Clara County locations PALO ALTO, Calif. — Adolescent Counseling Services (ACS), a community-based nonprofit agency dedicated to the healthy social and emotional welfare of local youth, announces its service area expansion to San Mateo County. ACS will now offer therapeutic services in Redwood City […]
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Adolescent Counseling Services (ACS), a community-based nonprofit agency delivering comprehensive mental health services to help individuals grow and thrive during the challenges of youth, is presenting a free community symposium on adolescent addiction. Protecting Our Developing Youth: Adolescent Addiction, Prevention & Recovery will be hosted on Saturday, March 5, 2016 from […]
by Elena Kadvany / Palo Alto Weekly Fri, Nov 6, 2015 There’s a rare place in Mountain View where transgender and gender non-conforming teens feel safe to explore, express and be who they are. That place is Outlet, a longtime local program that provides comprehensive services to LGBTQQ youth and adolescents, both directly in […]
by Elena Kadvany / Palo Alto Weekly Fri, Nov 6, 2015 The Palo Alto school board will discuss next week a new policy aimed at ensuring the protection of the rights of transgender and gender non-conforming students. The proposed policy, titled “Gender Identity and Access,” seeks to “promote the healthy development and safety […]
by Elena Kadvany / Palo Alto Weekly Wed, Oct 28, 2015 After four surveys that have yielded the same results — that there is a gap between counseling services at Palo Alto and Gunn high schools — and one committee that spent a school year analyzing how to close that gap at Gunn, […]
Around Town News – May 29, 2015 BRACELETS FOR COUNSELING … Two Palo Alto High School seniors started selling handmade bead bracelets this week to support Adolescent Counseling Services (ACS), a Palo Alto nonprofit that provides on-campus counseling to Paly and Gunn students, student news website the Paly Voice reported. Seniors Claire Chevallier […]
by Elena Kadvany / Palo Alto Weekly Fri, May 22, 2015 The absence of adolescent inpatient psychiatric beds in Santa Clara County — described by one Palo Alto child and adolescent psychiatrist as a “hospitalization crisis” — is actually the norm rather than the exception in California. The number of counties without inpatient […]
