School Based Programs
Students of all ages are encouraged to achieve their full potential at The Guidance Center. By addressing academic expectations and behavioral problems, students' educational and social goals are met with confidence. These programs help more than 700 students each year.
Port Chester
Project Get Together / Start Today And Reach for Tomorrow (START)
Hispanic immigrant middle and high school students receive group counseling services through Project Get Together and S.T.A.R.T. The goal is to help the students combat isolation while encouraging friendships to speed acculturation while reducing the risks of school failure. These programs are available at Port Chester Middle School and High School.
Edison Cares
Edison Cares offers preventative case management services to all parents in the Edison Community School, especially new immigrants. Support groups and parenting classes help with discipline strategies and understanding the school system as well as providing strategies for addressing other social, emotional and behavioral issues.
School Based Mental Health Centers
At Port Chester Elemantary Schools, Latino Students receive counseling services and participate in groups for newly arrived students. The goal is to help students make supportive friendships to speed acculturation while reducing the risks of school failure.
New Rochelle
Project CREATE
At-risk and disabled students who will not meet the requirements for high school graduation have the opportunity to earn a GED and receive services through Project CREATE (Careers, Recreation, Education and Transitional Effectiveness). CREATE is a collaborative program with New Rochelle High School, New Rochelle Outreach and Iona College.
Safe Schools/Healthy Students
The Guidance Center is proud to partner with New Rochelle City School District for the Safe Schools/Healthy Students initiative. This program aims to prevent violence and substance abuse among youths through education, counseling and other support services.Services are available in English and Spanish.
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Supported Education for College Students
Any Westchester County student who enters college with a diagnosed mental illness can receive special coaching and support, regardless of where he or she attends college. This helps ease the adjustment to college life, as well as relieve academic and social pressures. Our counselor closely monitors each student enrolled in the program to help ensure that students stay on track to complete all courses and graduate. While the Supported Education Program is available to students enrolled in any college or university, it is housed at SUNY Purchase.