The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh

12/11/2025

Thanks to Paint-A-Smile for donating these beautiful, vibrant paintings that will brighten the walls of our Beaver office!

🌈 The artwork was created by individuals who are exploring creativity as a path toward healing, redemption, and hope.

We are so grateful! 🥰

12/10/2025

📣Calling all parents, caregivers, teachers, therapists, and anyone who knows and loves kids! Tell our community about the toys, tools, and activities that you'd recommend this holiday season—the ones your kiddo can't get enough of!

Whether it supports learning, movement, communication, creativity, regulation, or simply brings out the laughter, your ideas can help others discover something wonderful this year.💡

Happy Holidays! 🎁

12/08/2025

“Many of our parents will say it feels like falling off a cliff so we try to reduce supports as they get older so that it doesn't feel that way.”

Thanks to WESA for including us in this important discussion about the challenges that families face when their children with autism age out of school.

This story features our Associate Chief School Administrator Kristen Stackiewicz, and our Educational Supervisor Maggie McMahon.

Amid swelling political rhetoric that frames autism as a tragedy, some families are urging lawmakers to focus instead on improving supportive services for their kids. A family in Irwin says caricatures of people with autism capturing the headlines don’t show the full picture.

12/04/2025

We're looking for the newest addition to our leadership team! 🌟

📲 The Vice President of Digital Transformation is a visionary leader who can guide our IT strategy. This role goes far beyond managing systems—it's about shaping the digital future of The Children's Institute in a way that empowers our therapists, educators, patients, families, and team members.

Apply now or share this link with someone who might be interested➡️ https://recruitingbypaycor.com/career/JobIntroduction.action?clientId=8a7883d08a91267f018aad8488941d97&id=8a78839e9abd1840019ac081813821fd&source=&lang=en

12/03/2025

YOU DID IT! You helped us raise over $18k through individual donations and matching funds as part of GivingTuesday!

We are truly grateful for every person in our community who chose to give, share, and champion our mission this year. Your kindness transforms families, lifts up futures, and reminds us that we're not doing this work alone.

Thank you for believing in our kids, standing with their families, and helping us shape brighter futures together.

And a special thanks to DBR & CO and an anonymous donor for each matching $5k in donations. Your generosity is life-changing.

12/02/2025

Time is running out to help us secure matching funds! TRIPLE your impact by making your gift before 11:59pm.
⏰https://www.givebigpittsburgh.com/organizations/the-children-s-institute-foundation ⏰

Special thanks to DBR & CO and an anonymous donor for their incredible generosity!

12/02/2025

Your generosity on supports the work we do for the children and families who walk through our doors. Use this link to make your gift today: https://www.givebigpittsburgh.com/organizations/the-children-s-institute-foundation

New beginnings take shape at The Children's Institute, thanks to you.

A special thanks to our generous and long-time partner DBR & CO for matching gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $5,000 today.

12/01/2025

This , your gift will be the beginning of something incredible. Because when generosity takes shape, it builds into something stronger—together. That's why DBR & CO is matching every donation made to The Children's Institute Foundation on Dec. 2, up to $5,000.

To give tomorrow, keep a lookout for a post from us with a direct giving link. You can also bookmark the giving page linked in the comments.

11/25/2025

Grateful for these kids and everything they teach us. 🧡 Happy Thanksgiving, friends!

11/21/2025

Important Partnership News 🤝 The Children's Institute and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania have teamed up on a new, transformative program supporting at-risk teens across five club locations in Allegheny County.

Thanks to a 3-year grant from the PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency's Great Futures Violence Prevention Program, we'll be able to offer mental health counseling and support to more than 100 teens each year from communities most impacted by violence.

As Bethany Douglas, our vice president for Children and Family Services, shared:
“Our new program will enable at-risk teens to think more about their mental health and feel comfortable talking to adults without a fear of judgment or criticism. Through the program, we can not only improve skills and make teens more aware of support and available crisis interventions, but we can also identify teens who could benefit from other levels of behavioral health support or psychiatric services."

We’re grateful for this partnership and for the chance to help even more teens in our community navigate a stage of life that can feel especially heavy.