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Pressley Ridge has a 175 year history of service in Western Pennsylvania. Our administrative offices, located on the Marshall Avenue Campus on Pittsburgh's North Side, remain on the site that was purchased by Pressley House in the late 1950s.
Currently, Pressley Ridge's Pennsylvania programs serve over 900 children and families each day, providing treatment foster care, Community-based, residential and educational services in Allegheny, Beaver, Fayette, Washington and Greene counties. Whether working with a family at a home visit, picking up a child who missed the school bus, calling a "huddle" at camp, or going to court to advocate for a child, our staff have one goal in mind: to meet the needs of the kids and families we serve.
Program Highlight - Pressley Ridge Autism Services
Pressley Ridge began services for children with
Autism in 1995
with intensive one-on-one home and community-based
therapies to young children with Pervasive Developmental
Disorder (PDD) or autism and related disorders.
The program was developed in the spirit of the Re-Educational
model, to teach communication and social skills
using positive behavioral approaches.
The program's main offices are located at Brightwood Point on Pittsburgh's North Side. The offices are located in a renovated building on a four-acre site close to the main campus. This facility is state of the art, allowing us to provide the best services in the region.
Treatment Services
Our Center provides two types of intensive
therapeutic interventions in one-on-one home and Community-based settings:
- Discrete Trial Therapy - structured, individualized therapy presented in a discrete trial format.
- Greenspan Play-Based Intervention - play-based intervention presented in a context of floor time.
Population Profile
Clients range in age from eighteen months to
fifteen years old. They are served in their homes or in day treatment
facilities, and special education classrooms. In total, over 125 children and
adolescents are served daily. Children in the program have been diagnosed with
Autism, PDD or a related disorder.
Referrals
Referrals come from parents of children with Autism or
from mental health case managers. The case manager or parent may call Pressley
Ridge Central Intake at 1-888-777-0820 to make a referral.
The Regional Autism Alliance
The Regional Autism Alliance is a
partnership of Marshall University, West Virginia University, Ohio State
University Children's Hospital Autism Center, and Pressley Ridge. Its purpose is
the establishment of a center with strong commitments to clinical care,
professional training, advocacy and research. The individual expertise of the
partners, which is enhanced and strengthened by their collaboration, will allow
the Alliance to become a nationally recognized leader in the field of Autism
Spectrum Disorders.