TLC Children and Family Services

TLC Children and Family Services in Sebastopol, CA serves vulnerable youth and families through a mix of foster care, adoption support, Journey Academy, and young adult housing. If your 🌿 child is a teen who is struggling with anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem, or other challenges that make 🧭 school and home feel hard, TLC Children and Family Services offers a non-public high school setting alongside short-term residential treatment and out-of-home support.

At Journey Academy, TLC Children and Family Services pairs small classes with academic support, electives, therapeutic tools, residential living, and clinical services. The school’s approach includes individual, family, and group therapy, 📚 transition planning, and support for independent living skills such as working toward a driver’s license, part-time work, and college or career awareness. TLC Children and Family Services also says it works with families and districts at intake to build a placement and transition plan.

Diagnoses treated can include: Anxiety ~ Depression ~ Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and trauma ~ ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) ~ Autism (ASD) ~ Suicidality, self-harm, and severe patterns of withdrawal, avoidance, or maladaptive coping skills.

TLC Children and Family Services is selective about fit and says it does not enroll youth who are currently physically violent or who need primary substance-use treatment. The organization 🧠 also supports foster and adoptive families, resource parents, and transition-age youth who are learning to live independently. TLC Children and Family Services is accredited by The Joint Commission, which adds an important quality marker for families comparing residential and school-based options. TLC Child & Family Services holds the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Innovator Seal.