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Hello, my name is Rebecca Moyes and I am the director of the Pressley Ridge School for Autism. Our ESY program (Extended School Year) serves children and adolescents (K through 21), who have an autism spectrum diagnosis. Children are grouped by age and ability level into one of ten classrooms. The maximum number of kids [...]

Filed under: Autism, Education, General, Pennsylvania | Posted on February 16th, 2012 by Pressley Ridge

2011 was a year of further professional growth of our services throughout Hungary. We launched a series of monthly professional workshops for experiential educators. This is the forerunner of a national professional organization of Experiential Education Experts, which we currently facilitate in the country. The first Hungarian Summit on kids with behavior disturbances was organized [...]

Filed under: General, Hungary | Posted on February 16th, 2012 by Tammy Riesmeyer

  It was a very pleasant and unseasonably warm day not only outside but inside as well. The Pressley Ridge Day School was celebrating its 17th annual Chili Cook-off. Over the course of three days, students took on the role of being chefs creating their own blend of spices and chili for the big day. [...]

Filed under: Education, General, Pennsylvania | Posted on February 1st, 2012 by Pressley Ridge

Date: February 8th, 2012 Time: 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Place: 141 E. Market Street, York PA On Wednesday, February 8th, 2012, Pressley Ridge’s Community Residential Rehabilitation Program (CRR) will host a ribbon cutting ceremony for their new offices. The CRR program is designed to serve youth with intensive needs in a family setting providing [...]

Filed under: General, Pennsylvania | Posted on January 27th, 2012 by Pressley Ridge

By Nancy Kennedy, Western Pennsylvania Guide to Good Health via GuideToGoodHealth.com Pressley Ridge has opened a School for Autism that features a state-of-the-art facility, a new approach to autism education and a new leader in Director Rebecca Moyes, M.Ed. The School for Autism serves children and young adults ranging in age from 5 to 21. [...]

Filed under: Education, General, Pennsylvania | Posted on January 23rd, 2012 by Pressley Ridge

Our community-based programs served nearly 320 children and 187 families throughout Portugal and delivered 225 hours of training for more than 350 professionals coming from Governmental Organizations and other institutions. The first Pressley Ridge Office in Europe is now open and providing services to children and youth helping them develop their personal, social and emotional [...]

Filed under: General, Portugal | Posted on January 18th, 2012 by Pressley Ridge

  The youth group from the Parkersburg, WV, Fairlawn Baptist church, participated in shopping for children in Pressley Ridge’s White Oak residential program this holiday season. Typically, staff would shop for the children, but in the past two years, Fairlawn’s youth group has enjoyed this task. They were divided into groups, with three children each [...]

Filed under: General, Residential, West Virginia | Posted on January 17th, 2012 by Pressley Ridge

Sam and Patty Hedrick have been foster parents with Pressley Ridge for ten years. They are a true testament to what this organization’s mission is all about. “Pressley Ridge is always there if you need them,” Patty said. “They have changed these kid’s lives.” Over the years, the Hedrick’s have adopted over six children. Some [...]

Filed under: General, Treatment Foster Care, West Virginia | Posted on January 17th, 2012 by Pressley Ridge

The kids of Pressley Ridge School for the Deaf, Pittsburgh PA were special guests of the Aviators Pee Wee Hockey League on January 8th, 2012. The team collected a variety of their own toys to give to the kids, and raised money for Pressley Ridge by going door to door selling raffle tickets for a [...]

Filed under: Education, General, Pennsylvania | Posted on January 17th, 2012 by Pressley Ridge

Special thanks to FedEx Ground, headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA for making 250 Pressley Ridge children’s holiday wishes come true! FedEx Ground decorated their holiday day tree with 250 tags of wishes from our kids. Every wish and then some was granted! Just before the holiday, gifts arrived to Marshall Avenue with a team of FedEx [...]

Filed under: Education, General, Pennsylvania | Posted on January 17th, 2012 by Pressley Ridge