BRIDGES ASSOCIATES INC

Mission: Bridges Associates, Inc.was founded in 1989 to help children and adults, and their families understand learning and attention disorders, and find effective solutions for optimal performance at school or work, and to manage tension at home. The client driven solutions included development of Take Charge! Coaching and innovative program models.
Programs: Beneficiaries of Bridges programs are children and adults and families in public and private schools; and public and private agencies and adults with complex learning disorders.Programs:1. School and Community Based Consultation and Evaluation: Professionals travel to schools and agencies to meet with families, staff and students to complete an evaluation. The "team" works together to find effective solutions. 2. Bridging Out Program: a social enrichment program for adults with significant learning disorders has been operating continuously since 1990 with a co-leaders from fields of special education and counseling. Program members are involved in a multiyear project: Stories of Resilience.3. Take Charge!(R)Coaching: our strength-based multisensory method developed to help students develop readiness and resiliency skills; to help parents help their children; and to train educators and behavioral health providers. This method has evolved since 1991 in clinical practice and community based projects. Publishing and production of materials and tools will be a self-sustaining social enterprise.