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May is Better Speech and Hearing Month!

May 13, 2016

Bridgeway Academy’s therapy department includes a team of twelve speech-language pathologists – SLPs – who strive to meet the therapeutic needs of the students and clients who attend or visit Bridgeway Academy each day, in many ways outside of traditional, individual speech therapy. At Bridgeway Academy, speech therapy extends far beyond working on speech sounds […]

The Reasons Why

April 30, 2016

If you joined us at Raise Your Glass to Raise Awareness, you know the theme of the event was, “The Reasons Why.”  Thanks to our good friends at Brainstorm Media, we unveiled  a new video that features our staff, parents and students, all who give their reasons: “Why Bridgeway Academy.”  

SPIN for Camp Bridgeway – Sunday, February 28, 2016

December 30, 2015

Participate in one of six SPIN classes with some of central Ohio’s best spinning instructors at Flow Studio, 519 Lazelle Road, Westerville. All classes are 60 minutes with a 15-minute break in between. 20 spots are available for each session. Registration is $30 for the 1st SPIN and $15 each additional SPIN and includes a […]

Bridgeway Academy and Local Matters

December 15, 2015

This school year Helping Hands Center / Bridgeway Academy has partnered with Local Matters to incorporate the Food Matters curriculum into our weekly health and science lessons.  Food Matters is a 24-week food and ecology curriculum that provides children with an understanding of what healthful food is, where it comes from, how it grows, and […]

The Dick & Jane Project

November 20, 2015

Earlier this spring, Ben Shinabery, Executive Director of the Dick & Jane Project contacted Helping Hands Center. He stated that he had received a grant from Autism Speaks and had chosen Helping Hands Center to launch a pilot program that would culminate with our student’s writing and producing two original songs. This was the first […]

October is National Sensory Awareness Month.

October 19, 2015

The sensations we feel every day, we often take for granted. Sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch, we learn about these in school as our five basic senses. But our internal senses, vestibular and proprioceptive, are often not taught growing up. The vestibular system regulates our balance and movement. Our proprioceptive system provides us with […]

The Power of Music: What is Music Therapy?

October 2, 2015

Music Therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program. Music Therapy is an established health profession in which music is used within a therapeutic relationship to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs […]

The 2015-16 school year will be exciting!

October 1, 2015

Together, we’ve spent the past ten years building an organization of which we can all be proud. We are who we are today thanks to the professionalism and exceptional dedication of our staff, the hard work of our students, and the faith each family has placed in us to provide educational and therapeutic services for […]

Summertime at Helping Hands Center

August 2, 2015

It’s summer camp time at Helping Hands Center. On June 9th, over 100 students, preschool through grade 8, will return to Helping Hands Center for eight weeks of fun, recreation and academic review. Helping Hands Center organizes camp thematically, with special activities and guests scheduled throughout each week. A preschool classroom might read and explore […]