About the Bridge Program

Priority Learning Outcomes

Bridge prepares young adults with developmental disabilities for life after high school in the following areas: 

Daily Living 

• Cooking, nutrition, cleaning, hygiene
• Time management for a variety of settings & purposes: the home, employment, social activities, and recreation & leisure
• Budgeting, the value & the purpose of money

Employability

• Targets executive function skills: planning, executing, and completion, time management of job tasks, creating work-related relationships with customers, co-workers, and supervisors, and developing healthy relationships in the workplace

Community Access

• Building knowledge of community locations and purposes, building and sustaining long-term relationships
• Knowledge of types of transportation and time management of public or private transportation schedules
• Recreation and leisure skills needed to create healthy lifestyles and develop and sustain healthy relationships

Social-Emotional

• Integration of functional communication skills and emotional regulation skills at home and in the community

Community Connections

• Day programs, Developmental Pathways, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, and other related services