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High Desert Education Service District's Bridges program has been designated as an autism training site for educators statewide. A partnership with Bend-La Pine Schools, Bridges is a specialized classroom, housed at Lava Ridge Elementary School, that provides intensive instruction to students in grades K-3 on the autism spectrum. Bridges was selected as a training site by the Oregon Program Autism Training Sites and Supports project, which brings evidence-based practices to Oregon schools throughout the state. Bridges is the only training site in Central Oregon and now one of more than 40 across the state. "The Bridges program at Lava Ridge is a wonderful model of how to support learners with autism and other developmental disabilities," said Alicia Balfrey, autism consultant for OrPATS. "First and foremost, it is clear that the teaching team in the classroom genuinely respects and cares for each of their students. They make an effort to get to know each studen

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