07/15/2025
We want to tell you a story about a client who healed because of gifts from people like you. When our team first met Dylan, he was a sweet, smart, autistic child with ADHD - full of energy, but struggling to stay grounded. He was adopted, and his parents were doing their best, but every day felt like a battle. Dylan couldn’t sit still at meals or focus during conversations. He’d flail, spin, fall apart over the smallest things. His parents were overwhelmed and, like so many, defaulted to yelling, not out of anger, but out of desperation.
Then, Child Guidance's Family First program was called in. Our clinician came to the house and saw the chacos around - and she also noticed Dylan’s feet dangled when he sat. So she brought a block to put under his chair. And just like that—he could plant his feet. He could settle. He could regulate.
This was just the beginning. We worked with the family on calming strategies, connection over correction, and tools to support his unique brain. And they got better. Together.
✨ This healing? It happened because someone like you gave. You helped us show up at that house. You helped Dylan plant his feet and his parents find the skills they needed to love him exactly as he is.
🧡 On Giving Day, your gift makes stories like Dylan’s possible.Let’s keep showing up for families when they need it most: www.cgrc.org/donate
