Tel: Staff 503-693-8200; Office 503-640-4070
Email: office@homeward-bound.org

Staff

Bridge to Independence Day Program is operated by a compassionate and experienced interprofessional team. Co-directed by a Speech Language Pathologist and an Occupational Therapist with a combined >60 years of experience, they incorporate their extensive clinical knowledge with their passion for serving TBI populations to give members the most valuable experience possible. 

Our staff, who run the daily operations for our day program, consists of one certified Brain Injury Specialist and one supporting caregiver, both with extensive experience caring for individuals with ABIs. Both staff members have worked with our program for over 8 years, and their compassion and commitment to our members are invaluable. 

In addition to our staff and directors, we often have students from various Universities and Educational Institutions who work with our program to help us develop new and innovative strategies to support our members better. 

Participant Story

BTI staff became aware of one participant’s risky social behavior and had been working with them to encourage safer choices. The participant’s unsafe choices ultimately led to them being evicted…

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One participant came to BTI bored and depressed about life. After their brain injury they had lost their friends, felt isolated, and their current socially unacceptable behavior had made them…

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Participant Story

Another participant came to BTI with a history of inappropriate sexual advances that had isolated them and kept vocational opportunities out of reach. BTI staff worked with this participant on…

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A participant with a history of substance abuse joined the day program. BTI staff developed with them goals that they wanted to achieve but active drug seeking was preventing them…

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Participant Story

Becoming easily irritated and then getting angry was interfering with another participant’s ability to be around people. Staff worked with the participant on strategies to use to take care of…

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