ENABLING AUTISTIC CHILDREN TO BE THEIR BEST SELF
IN A WORLD THAT’S DIFFERENT
Boys and girls on the autism spectrum work hard to navigate social situations at school, which can lead to heightened anxiety and impact their well-being. This is a foreseeable but not inevitable part of their diagnosis.
Bridges provides an evidence-based social understanding and skills curriculum to help you equip autistic children with the positivity and confidence for school and ultimately, for life.
The curriculum adopts an educational approach and was developed in partnership with autistic children and their families. It is based on neuroaffirming principles of building on children’s abilities and strengths.
WHY THE CURRICULUM MAKES A DIFFERENCE
EMPOWERS YOU
Bridges provides you with the resources you need to build the child’s social understanding and skills: posters, activities, videos and role plays.
A Teaching Dashboard to engage the child in the curriculum and a Learner Dashboard for the family to apply concepts or skills in naturally occurring situations.
ENABLES THE CHILD
The curriculum encourages the child to partner you in their social learning based on a shared understanding of the benefits of knowing more about people and situations.The child is provided with opportunities to develop self-awareness and enhanced capacity to make independent social choices so they have confidence in being themselves in the social world.
EVIDENCE-BASED, PROACTIVE
Bridges is an evidence-based curriculum. An external evaluation by independent experts in the field of autism has found that the curriculum makes a sustained difference to the lives of autistic individuals.
The curriculum takes a proactive approach to social learning that begins in the early school years.
SOCIAL LEARNING ACROSS THE LONG-TERM
The social learning in the curriculum builds progressively and is interconnected. It takes about 3 academic years to complete. Young people who have followed the curriculum are more confident in social situations and feel good about themselves.
“He has challenged himself and done things I did not expect him to do.
Leadership roles in school, expressing his opinions and even welcoming
and enjoying social gatherings.”
– Parent whose 15-year-old son used
Bridges between 8 and 13 years of age
SPECIALIST AND MAINSTREAM SCHOOLS AND CLINICS
USING THE BRIDGES SOCIAL CURRICULUM
Bridges is designed to be an adult-led learning experience,
and is used by clinicians and schools across the world. Here are some of the organisations we work with:
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