Help Your Child Succeed

Improve your child's confidence with a highly structured therapeutic environment and comprehensive educational service. We'll determine your child's needs and personalize a program that will help create success in their personal and academic lives.

Have Pre-Referral Questions? Use this form to get more information about the BRIDGES program.

There is no obligation to commit and your information will be kept private. You will be contacted within 24 to 48 hours by our staff to personally assess your needs.

You will receive an email with a referral form to fill out at your convenience. Please check your SPAM folder just in case it doesn't show up in your inbox.

In case of emergency, please dial 911 or seek the nearest emergency room right away.

About Us

We offer a full continuum of behavior health services for children and adolescents in a community based or school based setting.

Bridges, a division of Oklahoma Family Counseling Centers, is a partial hospitalization program. This approach has been very effective in supporting our youth and families. We are a highly structured and positive therapeutic environment with comprehensive educational services. We partnership with the local school district to ensure clients/students continue to receive a quality education with a primary focus on mental health. Clients/students receive support to foster any mental health needs while receiving a quality education.

This program is designed for students ages 6-15 with issues such as, but not limited to:

School Behavior problems
Defiance and/or authority issues
Frequent rage, outbursts or threats
Severe mood swings
Depression, anxiety, and trauma
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Runaway/AWOL behaviors
Self-harm and suicidal ideation
Alcohol and drug problem

Bridging the gap between mental health and education.

We are here to support you and your child.

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BRIDGES offers psychotherapy services from Master’s level clinicians. To ensure we are offering the most up-to-date and effective treatment, we train and expect our clinicians to utilize evidence-based therapy practices. Each week, every client/student will receive the following services: 1 hour of individual therapy, 1 hour of family therapy and 2 hours of group therapy from a therapist (clinician).

Family therapy is designed and catered to meet the family’s needs; For example, family therapy appointments are on a flexible schedule to assist families in being able to attend their sessions.

In addition to psychotherapy sessions, clients/students also participate in a minimum of 12 hours of group rehabilitation services. These groups are facilitated by a Certified Behavioral Health Case Manager (BHCM II), requiring a minimum of a bachelor’s degree.

Rehabilitation groups utilize an evidence based curriculum that addresses the following topics: social skills, anger management, emotional expression, communication, problem-solving, skills needed to be school ready, and many more.

bbh-educational-school-services Every Client/Student is enrolled in the local public school system in which the facility is located and he/she will receive a wide-range of educational services provided by a certified teacher. The teacher plays a vital role as a part of the treatment team. Class sizes remain small with a Max of a 1:10 staff/student ratio. Our goal is to ensure students receive the mental health support so they can learn and grow academically. School will follow the school calendar of local school system. However, when school is out clients/students will attend program on a shortened day in order to maintain consistency with their treatment plan.

bbh-transition-back-to-school-tablet BRIDGES has a commitment to their clients/students and the school district. Unless there is an unforeseen reason or part of a uniquely designed plan, we will not dismiss a client/student back to school without a transition period.

When a client/student is close to completing their program, we collaborate with the school to ensure that reintegration is completed smoothly.

Shortly before the transition plan is implemented, we meet with the staff at the school and guide school staff on ways to interact with any future behaviors by explaining what has been effective for this client/student.

During the transition period, in most cases, the client/student will spend all of the academic portion of their day at their home school and the other half of their day in our program.

Transition periods vary on the unique needs of the client/student, but are usually 3-4 weeks in length.

If a client/student relapses in behavior after being discharged from the program, we will continue to consult with the school to help avoid a need for re-admission.

We facilitate follow-up care after the client/student has completed the program to ensure there is a continuity in care, if needed.

bbh-medical-services-tablet Our medical director is a licensed psychiatrist and can provide intensive medical treatments that are typically only available in a residential/hospital setting. It can months to see a child psychiatrist. Our medical director can perform evaluations and/or consultations with our clients/students. Every two weeks the director comes to the facility to observe, meet, consult or evaluate clients/students and meet with parents or guardians if needed. Having an in-house psychiatrist allows for rapid adjustment of medication if needed. Intensive Medical treatment can be included as a part of BRIDGES, but is not required.

In addition to formal meetings with the doctor, BRIDGES has a full-time licensed nurse (RN) on-site. The RN provides a resource for parents/guardians as will as, administration of medication, health care for clients, and medication education.

Our integrated, evidenced-based therapy treats serious emotional and/or behavioral problems in young people. Our goal is to give children and youth a safe, supportive environment to heal, move forward and transition back to their school site.

Happy Customers

Testimonials about services, employment and impact on BRIDGES' clients and families.

"Bridges is the answer that so many schools are seeking. In our schools, we max out of services that we can provide for students. Bridges is able to provide the individualized care that our most struggling children need. With individualized counseling, group counseling, family counseling, and educational services, the children we have referred to Bridges come back to my school ready to learn with the skills necessary to be successful in the classroom."

“BRIDGES has been good for me. It has helped change my brain. It is working because now when I get really mad, I don’t do stupid stuff.”

“It has helped me not feel like it is okay when I don’t know how to do school work. I just stay calm and I raise my hand for help from the teacher. I use to just wad up my paper and throw it on the floor when the work was too hard.”

“This is one of the most rewarding jobs I have ever had, watching the students grow not only academically, but learning to control their emotions. It touches my heart to watch their confidence grow and them knowing they now have the tools needed to be successful, not only in school but life."

“I was proud to see so many students return to their school site after completing the program. My intent as a teacher was to help my students learn as they dealt with their concerns, but in reality they helped me grow into a better person. Even though I am retiring, I would be honored to assist any other educators that have this wonderful calling.”

“I had apprehension when we started and refused to do things the way our therapist asked. I am pretty old school, so finally when my way continued to not work, I decided to try it. This “old gal” really knows what she is doing. It has changed our lives. He is doing good in school and at home. We are so happy we decided to come to BRIDGES."

*Due to our privacy requirements we are unable to give names of clients or employees of BRIDGES.

Help Your Child Succeed

Improve your child's confidence with a highly structured therapeutic environment and comprehensive educational service. We'll determine your child's needs and personalize a program that will help create success in their personal and academic lives.

Have Pre-Referral Questions? Use this form to get more information about the BRIDGES program.

There is no obligation to commit and your information will be kept private. You will be contacted within 24 to 48 hours by our staff to personally assess your needs.

You will receive an email with a referral form to fill out at your convenience. Please check your SPAM folder just in case it doesn't show up in your inbox.

About Us

We offer a full continuum of behavior health services for children and adolescents in a community based or school based setting.

This program is designed for students ages 6-15 with issues such as, but not limited to:

Services

Happy Customers

Testimonials about services, employment and impact on BRIDGES' clients and families.

Locations

Help Your Child Succeed

Improve your child's confidence with a highly structured therapeutic environment and comprehensive educational service. We'll determine your child's needs and personalize a program that will help create success in their personal and academic lives.

Have Pre-Referral Questions? Use this form to get more information about the BRIDGES program.

There is no obligation to commit and your information will be kept private. You will be contacted within 24 to 48 hours by our staff to personally assess your needs.

** You will receive an email with a referral form to fill out at your convenience. Please check your SPAM folder just in case it doesn't show up in your inbox. **

About Us

We offer a full continuum of behavior health services for children and adolescents in a community based or school based setting.

This program is designed for students ages 6-15 with issues such as, but not limited to:

Services

Happy Customers

Testimonials about services, employment and impact on BRIDGES' clients and families.

Locations

You will receive an email with a referral form to fill out at your convenience. Please check your SPAM folder just in case it doesn't show up in your inbox.