Welcome to The Building Bridges Project

Goal of the Building Bridges Project

• The primary goal of the Building Bridges project is to promote kindergarten readiness by enhancing effective classroom practices and teacher-student relationships

History of the Project

• The concept for the Building Bridges Project evolved from the Preschool Behavior Project (PBP), which originated in 1995 & has since been implemented in Head Start programs across NC
• PBP has been funded by OERI, a Head Start Mental Health Research Consortium grant, and a Head Start Quality Research Center grant
• PBP was modified & implemented in the Safe and Drug-Free Schools project in Durham in public preschools
• Original goal of PBP was to provide training to parents and teachers of extremely aggressive preschool children