• **Best Buddies is a volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships for people with developmental disabilities. Website lists participating Orange County middle and high schools.
  • Learning Link  is free or low cost drop in parent & me program for children 0-5 years in Orange County.
  • Peer 1 on 1  provides social inclusion for youth on the autism spectrum and other developmental disorders.  Provides children ages five to eighteen opportunities to socialize and interact with teen peer volunteers.  
  • Pretend City offers Baby Steps for infants and Way to Play Days for toddlers up to preschoolers 5 years of age and Neurodivergent-Family-Night.
  • Social Skills Development Center offers PEERS (UCLA Program for the Evaluation and Enrichment of Relational Skills) is a parent-assisted intervention focusing .children, adolescents, and young adults with ADHD, anxiety, depression, and other socioemotional problems
  • The Friendship Circle focuses upon pairing of local teenagers with children having special needs for home visits, and includes community activities.