**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.
