Wonders & Worries

Wonders & Worries is a Texas-based nonprofit that provides free, professional support to children and teenagers through a parent or direct caregiver’s serious illness or injury. Wonders & Worries’ team of Certified Child Life Specialists (CCLS)—pediatric clinicians trained in the developmental impact of illness and injury—lead children and teenagers through our clinically validated and copyrighted Six-Session Illness Education and Coping Curriculum©. We also provide support to parents through consultations and many resources designed to help them connect and communicate with their children while navigating their own illness/injury. Since 2001, we have served over children and parents. Services are free to families and offered in English and Spanish in person at several locations in Central Texas, Houston, and San Antonio. Virtual sessions are available in 31 counties in the Central Texas, and Greater San Antonio and Houston areas. Families living outside of Wonders & Worries core service areas, can connect and receive help through a variety of national resources. Since 2001, Wonders & Worries has provided free, professional support that improves a family’s understanding, communication and coping skills during a parent’s serious illness. Wonders & Worries programs are offered at no cost to families in English and Spanish in central and south Texas.