Pressley Ridge named a 2023 Top Workplace
Several Western PA employees attended the awards event on Friday evening. As Susanne was unable to attend the event, Jesse McLean, Executive Director of PA, accepted the award on …
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PR-TFC Pre-Service Training Becomes Official Curriculum of Colorado
Colorado Department of Human Services has adopted our evidence-based Pressley Ridge Treatment Foster Care pre-service training curriculum as the required curriculum for the certification of all treatment and therapeutic foster care providers …
McKeesport Area School District forms YESS team through Project SEEKS SES grant
By Jeremy Tepper, ALLEGHENY INTERMEDIATE UNIT About a year ago, McKeesport Area’s administration had heard about Pressley Ridge’s YESS (Youth Engagement Support Services) team model. The YESS team — …
The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County Funds Mobile Crisis Program
Pressley Ridge has served Westmoreland County since the 1970s, starting with their Ohiopyle Wilderness Camp. Today, Pressley Ridge’s programs in the county include treatment foster care, community residential rehabilitation, autism …
Foster Care Reunification
Poor decisions prior to the birth of her youngest son led to the removal of all three of Shannon Fleeson’s children. Newborn Xander was placed in a Pressley Ridge treatment …
Pressley Ridge Expansion into Texas
Texas Family Care Network was awarded the Single Source Continuum Contract (SSCC) for the Deep East Region 5 area of Texas on April 1, 2023. As the state of Texas …
Should I Take My ADHD Medicine Every Day?
By Sonia Welch, M.D. Should I take my ADHD medicine every day? This is a question I hear often from my patients, and my response is always: Do you only …
Duquesne to expand Pressley Ridge services through Project SEEKS SES
By Jeremy Tepper, ALLEGHENY INTERMEDIATE UNIT The Duquesne City School District makes equity a priority. On a day-to-day basis, the district is constantly looking for new ways to properly access …
Social Media Posts and Feeling Invisible
By Sonia Welch, M.D. If you post but no one responds, do you even exist? Your social media post didn’t get the likes and comments you hoped for. You put …
Bridge to Home Foster Care Visitation Center Opens
Foster care has always been on the heart of Cami Teacoach. When she learned about the often sad condition of the spaces where biological parents meet with their children who …