Northside Center was founded in 1946, by the preeminent psychologists, Drs. Kenneth and Mamie Phipps Clark. It was their ground breaking research exposing the harmful effects of segregation on the intellectual and emotional development of children that helped drive the Supreme Court's historic 1954 ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education. Northside was the first and for a long time the only private child guidance clinic in Harlem. Our mission today remains the same as when the Clarks' founded Northside,"...to foster the healthy development of children and families by providing comprehensive, individualized high quality mental health, counseling and educational services to children and families." Northside distinguishes itself by its strength based perspective and its traditional and non-traditional approach to the issues faced by children and families. Northside Center for Child Development (NCCD) combines counseling and therapeutic work with educational and recreational services to meet the needs of children and youth. Northside?s 110th Street and Central Harlem Clinics, Therapeutic Early Childhood Center, and our new Susan Patricof Head Start Center are now providing 1,800 children and families with ongoing psychiatric, psychological, psychopharmacological and educational services, or one-time consultation, evaluation and referral assistance. We are not only increasing the number of children and families served but also the variety of services we offer. Northside's newest site, Central Harlem Services, has a historically psycho-spiritual focus and provides therapy, crisis intervention.