PRS "Pressley Ridge School" ACADEMIC
Pressley Ridge School
Pressley Ridge provides an array of services to troubled and developmentally challenged children while helping these children remain close to their families and communities. A nonprofit organization founded in 1832, Pressley Ridge offers innovative programs in Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. Internationally our programs serve children and families in Hungary and Portugal. Our 1,000 employees help 6,900 children and their families annually.
With Central Administrative Offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the mission of The Pressley Ridge Schools is to enhance the adjustment and achievement of troubled children and their families through effective programs that focus on all aspects of their environment. The goal is to be a national leader in the provision and development of services to children and families who have the most difficult problems. The Pressley Ridge Schools has its roots in two, historic institutions in Pittsburgh, the Protestant Home for Children and the Pittsburgh and Allegheny Home for the Friendless. The Protestant Home, established in 1832, was the first home for abandoned, neglected, and orphaned children west of the Alleghenies. The Home for the Friendless, incorporated in 1861, was the second oldest home west of the Alleghenies.
Both institutions emanated from the dedication of the congregations of the First Presbyterian Church (The Protestant Home) and the Second Presbyterian Church (The Home for the Friendless). Pressley Ridge will improve the system of care for children through disseminating information, implementing innovative programs, and conducting research related to children and their families. Alternative home Care supports severely troubled and troubling children and adolescents in family-focused treatment. The program provides individualized treatment as an alternative to institutional placement or psychiatric hospitalization. Services provided include in-home, treatment foster care, and residential placement as a seamless continuum in which children's needs can be met when required.