Bradley Center – Pittsburgh

This place is very amazing. Most people when they come here they have bad attitude. Like me. I was mad that my mom locked me up. But the bradley center help me come out of my shell. They cant force you to change you… really want to change. But they will help you as long as you help yourself. Now some staff are rude but most of them really want to help.I also shown sum photos of how healthy I look😏

I was in the Bradley center right when covid 19 started my life was absolutely hell from the minute I stepped foot inside the building I was corintined for four weeks in the first week I herd the super viser I dont… remember her name but she shared a office with another supervisor we called the big angry mushroom lol the supervisor was talking bad about another staff and was being rude and I was constantly bullied by the staff saying I'll never mount to anything in life like who talks to someone like that ? the supervisor had a couple favorite kids on expressions and her favorites would bully me and steal my stuff and when I would tell staff they actually said I deserve it and tords the end of my stay I got sick (couldn't talk or swallow anything ) without pain they said I was faking it and to get over it it took my mom and cys worker to tell them I needed to ho the hospital immediately they took me reluctantly like it would hurt them to take me to the hospital and the doctor told them I had leukemia a form of cancer and after I was admitted they started buttering up to me so I wouldn't tell anyone what happened I felt like a used doll because they mistreated me and thought it was ok and the therapist i had Katie would lie and cancel my therapy because she didn't like me but gave every excuse in the book. To the higher ups she also would take my stuff for no reason other then she wanted me angry she also let another kids steal my stuff from the closet with the stuff we could not have in our rooms I cant even imagine what's like now but I hope its better staffed and everything is fixed

The autism program has been awesome for my family member. The staff is wonderful and caring!

Two weeks after my sister passed away i came to the Bradley center at 15 which was one of the worst times of my life. I was absolutely out of control and would constantly put my safety at risk. Because of the Bradley… center i was able to have a successful life! Im now 22 and a mommy to the most amazing boy ever! Thank you Bradley!

(make sure to read everything) This school sucks, i was here for about 2 years and it was a horrible experience, One of the main things is one of the teachers got fired to having conversations with the children on… SNAPCHAT after school, the teachers are usually direspectful and barely allow you to even go to the bathroom, you need permission and for a teacher to bring you to it, if your even slightly physical, the staff will restrain you by laying you flat (if your not letting them restrain you easily or atleast this just happend to me i was literally tackled for ripping a paper off the wall) and having 2-4 people hold you down with their weight and i will tell you its painful, another story is that my friend one time wanted just a break for a little (they usually allow a break for the children if their overstimaulated) and this random guy wouldnt let her exit the class, when she attempted to get past him by scooting by, he pushed her into the wall and she hit the marker holder on a white board (thin metal peice) she sliced open her back and it cut through her clothes and the guy was not fired or got reprocussions. to add, the food there sucks and one time even got me sick to my stomach, one time during winter, there was a plumbing issue only on the female units and for about 3 days the entire female unit had 0 running water which caused issues with many things kinda self explanatory, another thing to add is the bathrooms where always disgusting and one time i walked in and there was shit smeared on the bathroom walls, The only good thing i have about the school is this teacher assistant that was in my class, she might know me if she reads this. i believe it was miss a, or miss andrea not fully sure if that was her name, she was really nice and always made some silly jokes. shoutout to miss a for real, she might know me if i say this (i was in miss abbys class and kinda slept all the time)

This school trash the restraint me and let kids fight and do anything and it is nasty

I love the bradley center it help me so much my mom was crying to them and now my back home now I I have a friend named Courtney Sakura. I have friends there that I still talk to and I can call in whenever and I still… call until this day and now I am happy and I have my birthday there and it's fun there. I had a lot of good friends that help me a lot and I'm better now and I love the Bradley center and I said like so many times But I love the Bradley center and it helped me a lot. And I'm giving this review because how they helped me. I used to be there. I was on insigit's and I know all the stuff on inside. There really nice to me. They could be strict sometimes but that's a good thing. But yeah, they're all the stuff. They're fine and I like to stop critically physically. I can't say it right, but yeah. Terribly and my therapist was Miss Shannon. in.She helped me a lot.She ain't listening to me

I was there once during around the year 2021 and I was in the girls unit and it was fun because I got to change my ways of becoming a grown woman and I do thanks the staff for helping me

Hello I am 48 now I was there when I was a child I can't remember exactly what age it was the age between the age of maybe 9-11 and I'm trying to find a paper trail of ke being in these homes but I remember being at The… Bradley center and a place called McIntyre center (spelling may be incorrect) but does anyone know if that place still exists?

If you're thinking of taking your child to this program, don't do it. I've never experienced such an overwhelming amount of dishonest, unprofessional, lazy, people at a program like this. It's total anarchy. Run for… your lives!

I was on the Impressions unit from March until December, so about nine months. There were moments where I absolutely hated it! I was put with a roommate who would bully me constantly, but I felt bad for them because… they had a terrible upbringing and I have a seemingly loving family. I do have to admit, I have had a better life than most people there because I have a good Mom and good grandparents who would visit me and buy me stuff. The staff favored people and most of them didn't care about us when we complained that the ones they favored were bullying us. The food was OK but during breakfast all they fed us was cereal on the weekdays and nothing if you were allergic to milk or lactose intolerant. You would have to get an order for almond milk and have the time the "order" didn't come. At the school, there were multiple fights in the hallways, and even some in the classroom. Impressions girls shared a hallway with imprints and there were a couple imprints kids that would always get restrained, which meant there were like 6 grown adults on top of an eleven year old kid, one holding their shoulder down, another holding their other shoulder down, someone on their neck, then people on their legs, etc. It had a nice playground but no slide because the kids would want to jump off the slide. Oh, and by the way, the whole time I was there I thought I was sooo mature, and nobody corrected me on that because now I realize I was arrogant and probably really immature compared to the people I was saying were immature compared to me. The reason I thought that was because we had this thing called a level system. Red, yellow, green. If you're on green you can go outside, use the Xbox, have all of your basic privileges, you get it, right? Yellow, you can't leave the hallway but on impressions we have a tv cart so you can still watch TV and stuff. Red you can't do anything really but stay in your room. You can still make the same amount of phone calls no matter if you're on Green or Red. One ten minute phone call per shift, which means on the weekend you can make two, one in the morning and one at night. On weekdays, because you have school, you can only make one. Anyways the person who's been on Green the longest is Number ONE on green and they get first picks of tv turns, and if they want to go outside or computers they get to go first (because they can only bring a limit of people outside) because I mostly stayed in my room, minded my business and went to school I was number one on green. Also, if you're on green for four weeks, you can order out food under twenty dollars (like dominoes pizza or fast food, or maybe if they like you, chinese food) or you get something under 25 dollars off Amazon. I did like that part but I made four weeks on green a lot and I think the staff thought I was greedy. Other than that, my only complaint is when you see the Doctor you have to meet with your whole treatment meeting and that gave me lots of anxiety. The therapist were very good for the most part and we got individual and family sessions every week. We weren't allowed to have phones but we did have mp3 players that you could get any song you wanted on.

I went to the Bradley center in 2022 and got out August 18th 2023. They really helped me me and my grandmother argue sometimes but it's not as bad. I don't hurt myself anymore. I'm off all my meds and feel great..... I… miss u guys

It was so nice ms Beth was my og and Aiden if u see dis look up @shehatesfantastic on ig and shoutout to miss catchy

I was a resident over in the discovery unit. For about over a year and a half it was a journey. 4 stars only because I went to kennywood. It was fun For anyone who knows me my name is Alex Haley. The staff were ok some… good some mid some bad some terrible [ Mr Jake] shout out to ms Charline my therapist. And uhhhhhhh. I miss you guys mainly [miss raven and Mr tj] TECH SUPPORT STILL CANT STIP MY REIGHN!!!! MMUAHAHAHAHAHA

They helped my daughter a lot ❤️ very grateful

I must've resided at every location the Bradley center owned about 16 years ago... During my stay with this organization, I was housed at one of their numerous locations, a beautiful property that was formerly located… on Castlegate Ave in the Dormont area of Pittsburgh. They shut it down after the group I was with from another location was transferred there after a few months and the reason given was financial troubles due to funding. During my stay, I was deemed to be of high intellect and was given the opportunity to attend the local community college to become a paramedic, which I was very grateful for. While I did achieve excellence in my classes, I still needed more schooling to make becoming a paramedic a reality. I also did not have a drivers license to take full advantage of my skills gained up to that point so my certifications became useless. Myself, and a few other kids who were aging out of the system were placed in a new "independent living" house Bradley Center was experimenting with. When that venture failed for them only a few months in, they decided to give me 2 weeks notice to vacate as they were shutting down the house. Up until that time, I was completely institutionalized (not just with Bradley) for the entirety of my adolescent life. I had minimal external connections as the only people I interacted with in society were those I encountered when I went for walks around the main commercial area of Dormont and when I took the T to "The Beehive" in the South Side section of Pittsburgh. Reality, as much as I could grasp at that point in my life due to my limited socialization, set in. I realized I was about to become a homeless teenager. The supervisor for the house gave me $20 and I had to request they buy me a card for a month's worth of travel good for Pittsburgh's public transportation system. Luckily I was able to find a couch to crash on in a house that was rented by a local person I befriended for a few months. I had no phone so finding a job was terribly difficult. I ended up starving. Literally. I was making a jar of peanut butter last me the week and eating out of dumpsters in South Side. I eventually found a restaurant that would throw their daily baked bread away every night, and I would take it out of their dumpster in the alley. I passed out at the T station one evening as I was talking with a random stranger due to lack of nutrition. As I slumped against the wall he walked away... While my experience is most likely much different than much of anyone else's who resided at The Bradley Center, I must say that my actual stay at their facilities seemed like a wonderful dream compared to what I faced on the streets of Pittsburgh. The majority of my stay was rather pleasant. I became stronger through these trails I endured, and more resilient due to my experiences in the system. There are many stories to be told, and lessons learned surrounding my stay with them. Ultimately it is The Bradley Center that cut me loose from the revolving door that is adolescent treatment facilities.

My name is Brandon I was at the Bradley Center about 15 years ago and it was okay until a staff member stole my money on my birthday one time and that staff member you got fired for it but other than that the Bradley… Center was okay I love the trips that we went on.

I'm on impressions, and it's decent, not that bad A lot of issues but it's good 😊 Thank you.

I was in the school program for about 2 years about 3 years ago, I personally loved it my therapist was amazing. I only had an issue with one staff member him being the reason I left, other then him everyone else was… amazing super caring and supportive. I will be hopefully attending this school again next year.

I was at bradley a little over 5 years ago in the expression unit. It was a very helpful 9 months for me. staff always treated me with respect and helped me find who i was. Emily Braddock and Chris Stout were the two… people who helped me the most and really made a huge impact on my life. I went to bradley as an angry and hostile teenager and left with a new perspective on life. Since being discharged, i have found a new meaning to life. Bradley was my saving grace. I am now married and have a beautiful baby boy. If it wasn’t for the staff at bradley, i wouldn’t be here today. If you are ever thinking of sending a loved one here, i would absolutely recommend it. Thank you to all the staff at Bradley who helped me become the woman i am today. i will never forget any of you

it's been over a year since i left the expressions unit. Received so much help and am so grateful I went there. The staff were great and I really benefitted from going there. I havent gone to another hospital since I… left.

I stayed here for almost a year, and it was pure torture. The staff were abusive. I was beat up on multiple occasions, and the staff hardly ever got involved. This place is especially not vegan friendly. I had a friend… who lived on my ward who was vegan, and they basically starved him. They only would give him a few pieces of fake meat, and since he had a special meal, he couldn't have any of the sides served with the regular meals. Me, as well as others were restrained constantly, even if we weren't a danger to ourselves or others. I was restrained a total of 7 times, all because I was having a panic attack. Not to mention, they really do like to over-medicate people. I was so over-medicated that I was basically a zombie. And my ward was shared with a ward with young children, and one kid (who was around the age of 7 or 8) literally took a pile of pills. He had to swallow them one by one until he had enough to swallow at once. They do not care about your mental health. Staff will neglect you, bully you and make you feel unsafe. No matter how desperate you are to put a loved one where you think they'll be safe, do NOT send them here. And if a caseworker or anyone else suggests a loved one comes here, do everything in your power to fight back, and put them somewhere safer, where they can get the help they need.

Hi it me trey a old resident I want to call the Inside the unit but I don't know who working plz get back to me on this message

I was at the Bradley center (the alternative side) about 10 or 11 years ago and I loved it! Being there helped me in many ways. The staff there was great. Food was amazing all around a good experience.

this place sucked on so many different levels. The staff would show favorites day after day. Staff would show who they didnt like too. I never got the “trauma therapy” that i was promised. Kids got away with sneaking… contraband in. Do not recommend this place at all.