About Building Bridges

Our mission at Building Bridges is to help children with social delays, ADD, and autism spectrum disorders, become happy, social, communicative people. Allowing them to succeed in the home, classroom and community. We utilize scientifically proven positive techniques and our team of therapists is committed to helping your child reach his or her true potential. We look forward to working with your child and being an effective resource for your family. Please Contact Us if there is any further information we can provide about ourselves and our services.

Team Members

Elizabeth Mishler (Steege), BCBA

Beth founded Building Bridges in 2000 with Emily Hoyt. She received her master’s degree in Behavior Disorders/Applied Behavior Analysis from Columbia University in 1995 and has been working in private practice with children with communication and social disorders ever since in New York, London, Boston, and Portland. In 1998 she received the Margaret Bauman Award for Excellence in Serving the Autism Community. Beth is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and is happily married with two beautiful children, Nate and Kyra.

Emily Hoyt, BCBA

Emily is also a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and fellow Co-Founder of Building Bridges. In 2003 she received her master's degree in Behavior Disorders & Applied Behavior Analysis from Columbia University in New York. She has worked with children on the autism spectrum in schools and home-based settings since 1998. Emily lives in Vancouver, Washington with her husband Ethan and daughter Madeleline.

Our Therapists

We have a team of highly educated and skilled therapists. Most have master’s degrees in related fields or are currently working towards their master’s. All have years of experience using behavioral strategies and techniques to improve the lives of children. They provide individual therapy, work in our classrooms and shadow children in the regular education environment.

For further information about Bridges and services from Bridges, take a moment and fill out our online application, and Bridges will contact you shortly.

 

" We traveled from way long overseas distance, Middle East, to Oregon to have our daughter joining Building Bridges services since 2009. Without any courtesy, Building Bridges uniquely moved our daughters from severe autism to significant better behavior modifications and positioning within the spectrum of autism in terms of positive behavior and communications progresses. Such services have been delivered by professional and active team members and managed by true sincere leadership of Mrs. Emily Hoyt. The team built the foundations of variety of skills and improved our daughter's current talents toward better quality of life for her managing the future and us as caring family. In summery, we believe that our daughter is simply in safe and most professional hands in town "

                                                                         -Lama AbuHamdeh parents