More than 250 schools in Massachusetts and largely across the East Coast have adopted the Bridge for Resilient Youth in Transition (bryt) model to help students return to school after prolonged absences because of mental health issues or medical injury or illness treatment.
The bryt community is comprised of about 153,000 students with programs offered at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.
Although each student’s objectives may vary, the goal is for all of them to return to their full academic schedule and complete the school year on track for graduation.
The Brookline Center for Community Mental Health created and continues to manage bryt, whose original program was established at Brookline High School in 2004. While each scho...
