Why We Are Essential
Connections are therapy. They allow children and their families to connect with the community, and access the help they need, when it matters most.
The Power of Connection
A child living with neurodiversity and their family face lifelong, complex help-seeking challenges along with distress and mental health issues. Opportunities to pivot through connections can build community strength and resilience that are crucial to overcoming help-seeking roadblocks.
Opportunities to pivot allow children and their families to focus on something that isn't about help-seeking or distress, and instead on relief, hope, empowerment and togetherness.
For 16 years Pivot Community (formerly Buds in Bloom) has given neurodiverse children and their families the strength they need to face help-seeking challenges through community-connection.
Our Impact
80%
of connection parents said that the opportunity to pivot was a turning point in their help-seeking journey.
90%
of connection family members believe that the opportunity to pivot gave their family a better chance of blooming.
98%
of pivot community participants observed that connection in story circles transform distress into relief and helplessness into empowerment for children and their families.
An Opportunity to Pivot
An opportunity to pivot through connection gives a neurodiverse child and their family the strength to face lifelong challenges. Opportunities to pivot bring relief and hope, helping the family navigate roadblocks not alone and softening struggles, unpredictability and uncertainty.
Help-Seeking is Challenging
Help-seeking can take so much from a family. All the hope, joy and freedom of families is robbed and replaced by fear and isolation.
Connection Makes the Difference
82%
of pivot families said that the connection made them feel more hopeful about their future.
90%
of pivot participants said that connections are like therapy.
88%
of pivot parents said that the connection helped their family overcome isolation.
100%
of pivot facilitators said they observed the connection helping child and family mental health.
Every Child Deserves Community-Connection
Every child facing help-seeking challenges deserves the chance to pivot and be connected to the community, as connections are a source of strength and resilience.
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