P186X Day Treatment Center was established in 1984 to provide a structured, gentle, nurturing environment for severely emotionally disturbed child. Specific attention is given to the psycho-educational needs of all students and their families. The school has highly qualified teachers and a clinical staff that provide educational, instructional, and therapeutic counseling services as mandated by each student’s IEP, as well as support for the family whenever necessary. P186X also provides services in instructional and therapeutic programs for children with multiple disabilities, which include severe and profound cognitive delays.
P186X also provides services in an instructional and therapeutic program for children with multiple disabilities, which include severe and profound cognitive delays. The organization consists of the main building and annexes at P306, P140, Bronx Studio High School and New York Psychiatric Institute.
P186X main site and P186X@306 serve students classified for the following instructional programs: 12:1:1 and 8:1:1 for Standardized Assessment students; 12:1:4, 12:1:1, and 8:1:1 for Alternate Assessment students. Bronx Studio High School has one inclusion class. P186X@140 serves students who are classified for 12:1:1 standardized assessment instructional program and one inclusion class in the elementary school. New York Psychiatric Institute has one adolescent class. A highly structured, psycho-educational approach to the students' diverse needs is offered. In addition to the educational curriculum, which follows the New York State Part 100 Regulations and incorporates Common Core Learning Standards, each student's Individual Education Plan focuses on specific goals. Each student’s program is also designated to enhance self-esteem and equip each student with necessary life skills.
The program offers a curriculum that includes Technology Education, Home and Career Skills, Creative Arts, Music (choral and instrument), and Physical and Health Education. All students are also eligible to receive Academic Intervention Services as prescribed by the New York State Education Department.
The Alternate Assessment program provides a therapeutic environment with related services that include: Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Vision, Hearing, Counseling, Nursing, and Feeding Educational Services.
We have designed the educational program to develop skills through additional programming, such as, Music Education, Culinary Arts and Adaptive Physical Education. The instructional program emphasizes academic skills, socialization, communication and independent living skills. Students are assessed twice a year by participating in The New York State Alternate Assessment Datafolios and Brigance Assessment.
promotion policy at P186X is based on student attendance, class work, and report cards that is organized in the student's portfolio and demonstrates attainment of the modified criteria, as stated on the student's IEP. Emphasis for promotion is based on achieving goals and objectives as stated on each student's IEP, attendance, and standardized assessment test results.
Opportunities to develop skills through community- based instruction are scheduled throughout the year. Trips are scheduled to a variety of destinations in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens. Trip destinations include, but are not limited to: the Central Park Zoo, Bronx Zoo, New York Botanical Garden, American Museum of Natural History, New York Hall of Science, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Barnes and Noble, and local post offices, libraries and banking institutions.
The school subscribes to a hybrid behavior management system that helps all school personnel assist students in shaping, modifying and developing appropriate skills and behaviors that are needed to adapt to a variety of environments. This behavior management system utilizes principles of positive reinforcement, token economy systems, conflict resolution and Power of Choice. The cornerstone of the behavior program is a point system that is related to appropriate social behaviors and academic diligence, in order for the students to elevate through four levels; every level has specific reinforcers/rewards. Monthly assemblies are held in order to celebrate student’s success.
We have had the good fortune of working with two outstanding L.E.A.P. artists. These two artists have worked collaboratively with our early childhood, elementary and middle school teachers in providing our students with nurturing, creative and gratifying experiences. The benefits of the program impact on student attention, organization, frustration, tolerance and self-esteem and cultural awareness.
P186X is the recipient of a Robin Hood Library Grant, Reso-A Technology Grant, and a grant to expand and restructure our playground (Reso-A - Out2play).
Staff are involved in Professional Development activities presented by District 75 coaches/leaders and professional developers outside the District 75 realm.
P186X has formed a partnership with community leaders, NYC Parks Department, and the Bronx Botanical Gardens to plant and develop The P186X Green Thumb Garden.
Parents were involved in a variety of workshops developed specifically to enhance their knowledge and skills when dealing with children with behavioral and/or developmental issues. The workshops are led by licensed school social workers, school psychologists, guidance counselors, teachers, and administrators.
Some of the topics included are: Understanding Medical and Psychiatric Assessments, Setting Limits with Your Child, How a Medicaid Service Provider Can Make Your Life Easier, and Transferring Skills from School to The Home.
P186X continued the Early Childhood Parent Literacy Program, which is designed to support the emergent reading skills of our early childhood students. This program continues to have an impact on our parents and the reading proficiency of our youngest school aged children. Parents became acquainted with their child's early reading behaviors, spent more time reading with their child and completed teacher prepared literacy projects in their homes. Projects were talked about in class and were then displayed. Each month the culminating activity included a parent reading to the class. Responses from parents, children and teachers, indicate a desire to continue the program.
The school collaborates on various projects with Mercy College. Additionally, we have strong working relationships with the New York Psychiatric Institute, Four Winds and Stony Lodge Psychiatric Hospitals, Bronx Lebanon Hospital, and Rye Psychiatric Hospital. Our community involvement continues to be demonstrated in our work with the Morrisiana Public Library, local supermarkets, post office, and Barnes and Noble.
School Strengths:
• Strong leadership
• Dedicated, experienced and well trained clinical staff
• Resourceful, effective and dedicated pedagogical staff
• Talented, committed and professional secretarial staff
• Communication with families
• Ties to community based organizations, psychiatric treatment centers and universities
• A well -organized and efficient custodial staff
• A nurturing, committed kitchen staff that provides nutritious meals
• School Safety Agents who respond well to the needs of our students
The uniqueness of the P186X program is demonstrated daily through its ongoing commitment to the welfare of its students by providing the best possible psycho-educational program for the most severely disabled students in the community.