OUR MISSION

Pittsford Youth Services, Inc.(PYS) is dedicated to providing youth and families of Pittsford with professional confidential counseling services. In collaboration with the Pittsford Central School District, the Town and Village of Pittsford and the local Houses of Worship, Pittsford Youth Services, Inc. enhances the quality of individual and family life. The agency provides a broad range of services including individual, group and family counseling, information and referral services, preventive programming and advocacy for client needs.

WHAT WE DO
  • Provide free and confidential social work services in the public and private Pittsford school systems and the PYS office.
  • Skill building psycho-educational groups such as Developing Social Skills for students in elementary schools.
  • Drug prevention education and intervention programs for youth
  • Parenting education programs
  • Specialized school support services
  • Specialized programming at the middle and high school levels

ISSUES FACED BY YOUTH

  • Parent Separation
  • Anxiety
  • Hopelessness, helplessness
  • Depression, suicidal ideation / attempts
  • Use and abuse of alcohol, marijuana, over-the-counter
    cold medicine, inhalants, and other drugs.
  • Sudden loss, grief, trauma
  • Bullying and harassment
  • Eating disorders
  • Self-mutilation, or self-injury, commonly referred
    to as "cutting"
  • Child abuse - sexual, physical, verbal, emotional
  • Truancy, absenteeism
  • Runaway youth / homeless
  • Mental illness - adult and youth
  • Academic stress
  • Peer Pressure
 
Letter from the President (PDF)
 
Donate By Mail-in Form (PDF)


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Tax-deductible contributions are gratefully accepted to ensure that PYS can continue to respond to Pittsford youth and their families.
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