Family Bridge Home Page

Consider this the virtual dashboard for parents. Capturing the four most recent photos, it grabs them visually and then provides a quick view of recent program announcements, upcoming events, and their teen's typical schedule for that specific day. It displays the parents' current tasks and goals to keep them focused on their work. Definitely one of their favorite pages, it's where parents can access letters from their teen and updates from the program. Because we like to keep things simple and fresh, every time they log in, it features "What's New"

Team Blog

Want to get a message of encouragement or insight out to everyone on your Family Bridge? It's easier than an email and a ton more fun. Just create a new post on your blog and "click." The message is uploaded and an email is sent out to everyone inviting them to read and comment.

Parents can also post private blogs to their own family and friends, keeping them all in-the-loop on their teen's progress and the great work being done in your program. This helps keep the team at home connected and ready to support the teen when the time comes to return home.

A snapshot of the teen, along with their current level (if applicable) is also found here. For families, writing letters of encouragement has never been simpler. Just click the link and type away. Don't have time to finish? Can't remember what you wrote last time? No problem--unfinished letters can be saved and old letters are handy to review.

For programs, receiving and printing the letters is so slick, with features that allow you to sort by student name or therapist name whatever fits the bill.

Parent Library

Concerned about the quality of your curriculum for parents? Not anymore. The Parent Library contains hours of reading and listening that will make your family work so much more effective. And the best part is it's customizable. So if there's a topic you don't want, you can remove it with one click.

Tired of having to remember to email the same documents to every new family? Now you don't have to--upload documents and/or create links for all of your families to access them right in the Program Library.

A personal library is all ready to go, where each family can choose to store private documents such as psychological evaluations, helpful articles, or transition plans. These can then be shared effortlessly, with any professional helping the family.

My Messages

My Messages makes communicating with anyone on the students Home Team a breeze. It works very much like email, but without the hassle of trying to remember who to write to, which address to use, and what you've shared already. In addition, for professionals, it provides a secure way of sending and receiving messages that is way more confidential than email.

Photos

Want to triple parent satisfaction overnight? We guarantee that every parent lives for photos of their teen's experience. Let them view, organize, share, and take these memories with them when their teen graduates! Family Bridge does exactly that. Adding photos to the Bridge is super easy with the very popular Group Updater feature, allowing you to upload photos to more than one student at a time. Bonus: programs aren't the only ones who can upload photos. Family and friends at home can share photos with their own Home Teams. We honestly can't think of a more enjoyable way to stay connected.

My Team

Gathering together a support team has never been easier. In a matter of minutes, parents can use the tools on this page to send out customized invitations to family, friends and professionals to become a part of, what we call, their Home Team. Once on board, this page shows the entire Home Team at a glance, giving names, pictures, and relationship to the teen. Understand the strength that this visual reminder provides. No one is alone not the parents, not the teen, and not the professionals.

Administrative View

We know how busy you are! That's why we created a 'back stage' door to the Family Bridge that is only accessible to the staff in your program. This page provides quick access to all of the features and families on your Family Bridge.

We also know how beautiful it is to have the power at your finger tips. That's why we have given you the ability to customize almost every feature on your Family Bridge. For example, those who are given "Administrative Level" access can add/remove staff and students, customize the Parent Library, tailor the automated email invitations that get sent out to individuals when they are added to the Bridge, create specialized updates unique to your program, and much more!