CFOS Foundation Awards Grant to Children's Institute for Learning Differences

Bellevue, WA - The CFOS Foundation is pleased to announce the award of a grant to Children's Institute for Learning Differences (CHILD). CHILD's mission is to provide innovative school programs and clinical therapies that promote social, emotional, and academic development for children with severe and perplexing learning disabilities and emotional challenges, including Autism Spectrum Disorder, emotional trauma, ADD/ADHD, mood regulation and impulsivity, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and related mental health issues.

Within families, raising these children can cause enormous stress. Parents of children with complicated learning disabilities often contend with deep sadness and depression about their child's difference, anxiety about how to address their child's needs, and frustration and lack of understanding about how to de-escalate an impulsive or volatile child. These challenges can cause parents to become worn down, impatient, highly reactive, and sometimes violent. Some cave in after years of feeling isolated, confused, and ineffective. They need education from caring professionals and empathy from other parents in a like situation.

Funds from this grant will be used to provide support groups which empower parents with research-based information, tools, and therapeutic supports. The goals are to create strong, healthy parent-child interactions, to replace despair with hope, and to prevent child abuse.

"CFOS Foundation has clearly stepped forward as a compassionate supporter of services to vulnerable children," said Trina Westerlund, CHILD's Founder and Executive Director. "This grant will establish a desperately needed resource to courageous and determined families who otherwise become caught in a downward spiral of isolation, crisis, and despair. Thank you to CFOS Foundation for helping us hold each family and each child's future as precious."

More information about CHILD us available on their website at www.childrensinstitute.com. To learn about volunteering, call Meg Enderby, Director of Development at 206-232-8680, or click here  to fill out an application. To make an instant secure donation, click here.

About the CFOS Foundation
The CFOS Foundation was founded in 2007 by the partners of CFO Selections LLC: Mark Tranter, Rich Leo and Tom Varga. The vision of this group is to harness the energy and talent of professional people who care about the needs of local children in micro-communities and work to make a measurable, positive impact within these communities.

The CFOS Foundation looks to provide both funding and leadership to effect change, one child at a time. More information is available on the website.