Interdisciplinary professional development designed to help PGCPS Community Schools strengthen staff collaboration. family engagement, early identification, and consistent student support - from classroom to home.

Awarded under PGCPS Contract PUR-26-008R | In support of the Office of Community Schools

ASHA Approved CE Provider

ASHA CEUs AVAILABLE

for Speech-Language Pathologists

In every school building, a child is surrounded by a team, educators, related-service providers, school leaders, Community School Coordinators, and families. Each brings expertise. Bridging the Gap helps them use it together.

Your staff is already carrying enough.

The problem isn't a lack of expertise or commitment. Everyone is working hard, but not always from the same playbook.

Working in parallel costs you.

Therapy strategies that never make it into the classroom.
Contradictory advice and mixed messages sent home to families.
Specialist who feel isolated - and more likely to leave
Needs caught later than they should be, or missed entirely.
School leaders left carrying the burden of connecting all the pieces.

Bridging the gap changes that.

Teachers gain practical strategies they can use immediately.
One shared vocabulary across gen ed, special ed, related services, and families.
Consistent strategies that follow the student to every setting.
Earlier identification of communication, developmental, and behavioral needs.
A documented collaboration system your school can sustain and rely on.
Families equipped with practical strategies they can carry over at home.

Bring families into the strategy.

Family engagement isn't a handout sent home. We equip parents and caregivers with strategies they understand and can actually use, so support stays consistent between school, therapy, and home.

Communication and Language
Behavior and Regulation
Understanding School Support
Parent Advocacy
Knowing When To Ask For Help
Learning At Home

A Year of Interdisciplinary Growth

Four sequenced quarters that build toward a system your team continues using long after the training ends.

Quarter 1

Shared Language

Build a common vocabulary across disciplines so the adults support students and can speak the same language.

Quarter 2

Collaboration in Practice

Turn informal conversations into repeatable systems for problem-solving, intervention, and classroom support.

Quarter 3

Families as Partners

Give parents and caregivers practical tools to reinforce communication, learning, and regulation at home.

Quarter 4

Sustain the System

Build routines and leadership habits that keep interdisciplinary collaboration going beyond the training.

Bridge the gap between general education, special education, and families.

Lets build a professional development plan for your interdisciplinary team, aligned with PGCPS contract PUR-26-008R.