The Focus Point Academy is a cooperative effort staffed and funded by the Pasadena Unified School District.

Educational and clinical staffs work as a team to provide students with skills in socialization, problem resolution, and work closely with parents and families.

Academics and Treatment

The Focus Point Academy provides students with the behavioral skills necessary to access academic curriculum and successfully transition to a mainstream campus or a less restrictive educational program. Students have access to core curriculum and individualized educational programs.

Special day classes are taught by credentialed teachers, with a ratio of 3:1 students to staff.

Educational and Clinical Staff

Educational and clinical staffs work as a team to provide students with skills in socialization, problem resolution, and work closely with parents and families.

The center is staffed by administrators, special education teachers, instructional aides, behavioral aides, therapists, and a nurse. Additional services are provided by a speech therapists and psychologists.

Clinical Services

A nurse is on-site and provides -medication administration, monitoring, and assessment, first aid, emergency care, mandated vision and hearing screenings, IEP participation, in-service training, and health education.

Clinical services include individual, group, and family therapy, which focuses on social skills, and in-class behavior support for students.