About Bridges Therapeutic Program
History

The Bridges Program was initiated through a collaborative effort of Mr. And Mrs. Lewis E. Brazelton III, a member of the Board of Trustees of Texas Children's Hospital and Mr. Mark A. Wallace, president and chief operating officer of Texas Children's. Dr. Judith Z. Feigin, director of the Learning Support Center for Child Psychology at Texas Children's provided the administrative and clinical leadership to create the Bridges Therapeutic Program.

With the philanthropic support of the Houston community and the continuing guidance of Drs. Serena Wieder and Stanley Greenspan, the Bridges Program became a reality in 2002. Initially located in Texas Children's Clinical Care Center, Bridges moved to its present 6000 square feet location in 2003, a space deliberately designed to accommodate the sensory characteristics of children with autism. The development of the Bridges program motivated the creation of a multi-disciplinary diagnostic clinic at Texas Children's and multiple educational and research efforts at Baylor College of Medicine.