These Special Needs Services or Organizations were voted the Bay Area’s 2024 Best of Bay Area Parent by our readers. Read the full list of winners here
East Bay
Gold: Autism Speaks. Its mission is to create an inclusive world for individuals with autism through advocacy, services, support, research and innovation. Multiple locations. autismspeaks.org.
Silver: Blackhawk Family Development Center. Danville. blackhawkfamily.com.
Bronze: Friends of Children with Special Needs. Fremont. fcsn1996.org.
Peninsula
Gold: Development is Child’s Play. Clinician-owned, multidisciplinary pediatric facility with skilled speech and language pathologists, physical therapists and occupational therapists specializing in sensory integration. Burlingame. dicptherapy.com.
Silver: Child Mind Institute. San Mateo. childmind.org.
Bronze: BRAINature Somatic & ADHD Coaching Center. brainature.com.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Children’s Therapy Center, Co. Offers occupational therapy groups for kids, parent coaching and more. San Jose and Carmel. childrenstherapycenter.com.
Silver: Development is Child’s Play! Cupertino. dicptherapy.com.
Bronze: Joy & Laughter Developmental Therapy.
San Jose. jldtherapy.com.