The Bridge Group is a committee of service providers from the Centre County Youth Service Bureau dedicated to serving youth and their families in the Centre County region.  We come from many different branches of the Youth Service Bureau, including Parenting Plus, Youth and Family Services, Big Brothers Big Sisters, AmeriCorps, and Prevention Services.

Past Newsletters

The YSB is comprised of several programs that provide services for youth and parents throughout Centre County.  For example, one program, Parenting Plus provides information related to child development, disciplinary skills, and age-appropriate expectations.  Unfortunately, these services are only provided to parents of children from birth to 10 years of age.  Many parents ask what they should do when their child turns 11?  After all, children don’t come with an instruction manual and parenting does not stop at age 10.  It is evident there are few resources available to parents of older children and teens; therefore, this group was formed in order to “Bridge” the gap between childhood and adulthood by addressing issues parents face during those critical pre-teen and teenage years.  It is the hope of The Bridge Group that information, resources, and support will reach the hands of parents with children in those challenging adolescent years.

In our newsletter, we hope to include information about the topics that surround the challenges in raising a teenage son or daughter.  Our goal is to provide information on topics that parents can use in their everyday lives with their teens – from school and homework to home life and chores, from relationships with peers to interactions with teachers, from discipline and consequences to praise and encouragement.  We want to provide parents with information on ways to communicate with their teens and keep parents up-to-date with fun events happening in the community.  We hope parents will use the information to assist them and their child’s transition from child to a healthy preteen and teen and eventually to an adult.

Got a topic you’d like us to talk about?  Comments?  Suggestions?
Get in touch with us!  Call: (814) 355-1025 and ask for BRIDGE!