Turning Point Program A Circle of Courage School • 8:1:1 student to staff ratio Because of our strong belief in the • Participation in regular education Circle of Courage, we do all we can Turning curriculum and New York State to help students achieve a sense of assessments Belonging, Mastery, Independence and Generosity toward others. We Point • Regents diploma and CDOS believe that these skills build on each Credential preparation other and are necessary for success • Planning and support for in school and in the world. We expect Education for students successful transitioning back to the students to understand these goals and student’s home district contribute toward their development with emotional disabilities • Opportunity to enroll in high by participating in classroom and school Career and Technical group activities, setting and working Education classes, as toward their individual goals, helping determined by CSE to maintain a safe school environment and contributing what they can to the Student Placement school community. Students are placed through a referral process and recommendation from the local district’s Committee on For more information: www.starr.org/training/youth Special Education. Individualized Attention We are a program for students with emotional challenges. Our students all come to us with a history of emotional disturbances, school difficulties or learning challenges. Contact Us Each student is given individual TST BOCES Exceptional Education attention to address his or 555 Warren Road Ithaca, NY 14850 her particular needs and T: (607) 257-2530, F: (607) 257-2958 Department of Exceptional Education strengths. www.tstboces.org Coser 203.00 Turning Point A Comprehensive Counseling Program Turning Point is a K-12 program BOCES partners with the Franziska Racker Centers to provide counseling for our serving the needs of students whose students through the Counseling for School Success program. All students entering emotional and behavioral challenges Turning Point are expected to utilize counseling as part of their program, including have prevented them from being individual and group sessions. Using cognitive behavioral therapy, social skills successful in their home schools. We training and crisis intervention modalities, our staff support students and teach operate in an 8:1:1 setting with four them new skills to address the issues that had prevented them from success in elementary, four middle school and their home schools. Counseling for School Success also offers the option of a Day six high school classrooms. Turning Treatment Program, which provides comprehensive mental health services to Point also offers the option of a Day students and their families including individual and group counseling, assessment Treatment Program, which provides and treatment planning and medication therapy and referrals when needed. access to psychiatric treatment and Counseling goals are made with full participation of the student and student’s intensive family support. family. Students and their families are expected to provide information and input into treatment goals and to participate fully in treatment in order to help the student reach his or her goals. Counseling goals are reviewed regularly and changes can be made at any time to reflect changing needs. A Community Our school community is a reflection of the community in which we live. Each student is an important part of the community, and their actions affect everyone else at Turning Point. Students are expected to contribute in a positive way by helping to maintain a safe and healthy school environment, by allowing themselves to build relationships with other students and staff and by offering feedback that helps the school to be a better place to learn. Our school rules reflect the society in which we live, and in turn, the consequences for creating an unsafe environment must reflect rules of our larger society. At Turning Point, consequences are decided with the individual’s greater goals in mind, and the need to provide a safe environment for all of our students. It is our goal to help all students reach their potential in school by creating a community that supports all students’ success.