CHILD serves approximately 50 full-time students from up to 20 school districts that live in King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap counties and commute daily to our campus on Mercer Island. Our objective is to support students to learn, develop and apply new skills and information that allow them to successfully re-integrate to a more traditional school setting—this usually happens within 2 to 3 years. Students can enter our program year-round depending on need and space availability.

Since 1980, CHILD has been approved by the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide contracted therapeutic services to students from public school districts whose resources cannot adequately serve them. CHILD is accredited by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools and the Washington Federation of Independent Schools (WFIS) and approved by the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).

CHILD admits students of any race, color, national/ethnic origin, religion, gender identity, and socioeconomic class to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational and admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.