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 — …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The Geiter family adopted both of their sons through Pressley Ridge’s foster-to-adopt program in Lancaster and subsequently participated in post-permanency services. Their oldest son Branden was working towards earning his Eagle Scout Award, and the …
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