Bridge Road School, located in the Inner City of Sydney Region, is a Kindergarten to Year 4 school for children with mental health disabilities. The school enrols 5 classes of 7 students with another 7 students on an outreach program.
The school offers an individual cognitive based program designed to teach children new behaviours to achieve more successful outcomes. All learning programs are clearly focused on developing the children's confidence, their self esteem and trust in others.
The goal of placement is for students to develop the inner strength and resilience to take the challenges necessary to access their academic and social learning programs.
Children access the school by student transport for the duration of their placement. They commence their intensive intervention of between 3 and 6 terms, for 4 days a week and integrate for 1 day in their home schools.
