Mark your calendars for the latest CVI Webinar: My Story, My Way: A Personalized Approach to Social StoriesMay 16, 2025 at 9 AM – 10:30 AM PT. Join Rebecca Matthews Carlson, M.S. CCC-SLP, for an interactive webinar on creating personalized social stories for individuals who benefit from augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) with unique vision, access … Continue reading

We are pleased to announce that applications for the International Teacher in Residence program for 2025-2026 are available now.  Application deadline is May 23, 2025. Find out more about the Teacher in Residence Program, criteria and selection process, past Teachers in Residence experiences, and more!

Bridge to Life Services, a division of The Bridge School, in collaboration with The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh, is hosting a conversation series with Dr. Christine Roman Lantzy and other experts in CVI, language development and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Series Overview Class dates will be every other Thursday at 12 pm –1 pm PT/2 … Continue reading

The Bridge School’s new division, Bridge to Life Services, is tentatively planning an intensive summer institute for individuals with a CVI diagnosis or those demonstrating characteristics of CVI and who use AAC from June 23, 2025 to June 27, 2025 in Burlingame, CA. In addition to AAC, the areas of focus for the summer institute could include CVI, … Continue reading

The SLP will take a prominent role in the development and delivery of services through The Bridge School’s Bridge to Life program.  The range of responsibilities covers all aspects related to speech and language services including, but not limited to, assessment, intervention, documentation, consultation and training.  The SLP will be part of an interdisciplinary team … Continue reading

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 Bridge School is looking for 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 extensive physical and speech impairments. Duties include assisting in instructional activities, providing physical care, and … Continue reading

Effective Interaction Strategies for Children with Cortical Visual Impairment and Complex Communication Needs In previous webinars, we have talked about the impact of Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) on children with Complex Communication Needs (CCN), how to identify them, assess and accommodate the environment and the materials we use with them; and although we have talked … Continue reading

Talking with Technology October is the official Communication Awareness month, but Communication Awareness at The Bridge School is EVERY month. We share a location with North Elementary School in Hillsborough and our students attend classes and events with North students and staff.  Recently two of our students, who are on the North School Student Council, gave … Continue reading

Early bird registration open for Onsite attendees and Webcast Hosting Sites Thanks to the generosity of Cisco Systems, we are pleased to announce that registration is open for The Bridge School’s 2023 AAC By the Bay Conference: It Takes a Village.  This year, finally, we are hosting the conference on-site at the Cisco Executive Conference … Continue reading