Save the Date for The Bridge School AAC by the Bay, April 27-28,2023. @ Cisco in San Jose, California. Join us live in-person orstream online. Details coming soon at: https://www.bridgeschool.org/outreach/aac-by-the-bay/
The special education teacher works as part of an interdisciplinary team to provide an educational program to children with severe speech and physical impairments. This individual is responsible for: assessing and evaluating students and programs; implementing curriculum; managing and supporting students in general education setting; planning components of the educational program and providing individual student … Continue reading
The SLP provides services within a unique service delivery approach in the role of co-teacher in the classroom with a full-time special educator and in providing support to students who have graduated and returned to a home school district placement. In addition to providing intensive, individualized, AAC-focused SLP services, the SLP actively collaborates with the … Continue reading
The Bridge School is looking for a dynamic, positive and energetic individuals to serve as Instructional Assistants (paraprofessional) in our school program and become a part of our interdisciplinary teams. We serve children between the ages of 3 – 12 with severe physical and speech impairments. Duties include assisting in instructional activities, providing physical care … Continue reading
Our past Teacher in Residence, Madhumita Dasgupta will be presenting a webinar on Writer’s Workshop – Enabling Self-Expression for All. The webinar will showcase an overview of the adaptations made to implement The Bridge School model of Writer’s Workshop successfully in IICP. It is to demonstrate the strategies of how students using AAC or using … Continue reading
There are significant challenges to face when serving children with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). One of the challenges is to find evidence-based research and intervention to guide practice. Boster, et. al., conducted a review designed to explore the available evidence on the topic and found that out of over 500 articles, … Continue reading
Live Webinar Date: October 30, 2020 Our Oct 30th webinar on CVI and Its Impact on AAC: Issues and Considerations – A Panel Discussion was a success! If you missed the live webinar, don’t worry! We have a recorded archived version available on our website and it is free to view. You must register on our site to … Continue reading
We are working closely with the Hillsborough City School District and San Mateo County Health Department and the County Office of Education in terms of monitoring the COVID-19 situation. We are keeping abreast with the situation and as new information is received, will be posted here. Hillsborough City School District – https://www.hcsdk8.org/ San Mateo County Office of … Continue reading
As Distance Learning continues, The Bridge School is dedicated to meeting the changes and challenges as they occur. The Bridge School will continue supporting educators, service providers, students and their families toward a goal of creating a place and means for educating students in their homes with their families, outside of a regular school environment, … Continue reading