St David’s Child Development & Family Services

Specialties

St. David’s Center is an exceptional preschool, children’s mental health clinic and pediatric therapy clinic – all under one roof. We also provide day treatment programs for children with autism and mental health diagnoses on our Minnetonka campus. In addition, we offer a variety of programs throughout the Twin Cities metro area in community settings and in family homes. These include school-​linked mental health therapy in the Hopkins and Osseo School Districts, an autism day treatment program for Somali children in NE Minneapolis, early childhood home visiting, in-​home mental health, personal care and autism services, therapeutic recreation programs for teens and young adults and supportive living services, among others.

History

Established in 1961.

St. David’s Center was founded more than 50 years ago. Although no longer affiliated with the church, we retain the St. David’s name to honor our community heritage. Formerly known as St. David’s Child Development & Family Services, we changed our name to St. David’s Center for Child & Family Development in 2009 to better reflect our position as a center for leadership in child and family development.

Meet the Manager

Julie S.

Manager

Executive Director Julie Sjordal brings nearly 25 years of experience to her role. Most recently managing director of programs, she oversaw the approximately 30 programs at St. David’s Center and has been instrumental in co-​developing some of the most innovative programs and collaborative partnerships.