Turning Point at Granita Park
Our Professional Staff Members
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Derrick Cook, (MAEDC, LPC Intern) is the Founder of Turning
Point Family Care. Derrick holds a Masters degree in Education Counseling, is a Licensed Professional Counselor Intern, and is a Certified Teacher. Derrick has 10 years experience working with troubled youth as a Professional Therapeutic Foster Parent, Educator, Coach, Tracker, Life Coach and Counselor. During the past 6 years Derrick has served at-risk youth as the Executive Administrator of ABLE Inc., C.E.O. of Positive Impact of Southern Utah and Founder of Turning Point Family Care. Derrick has an unconditional positive regard for all youth and their families. His vision is to serve with integrity and always provide the most appropriate and least restrictive individualized treatment for youth in a cost effective delivery system. Derrick’s professional responsibilities include: Admissions, Program Development, Quality Assurance, Oversight of Educational Programs and Individual Group Therapy. |
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Dr. David D. Law, (PhD). David D. Law is the clinical director
for Turning Point Residential Treatment Center and an Assistant Professor for Utah State University(USU)-Uintah Basin. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from USU, his Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy(MFT) from the University of Wisconsin-Stout, and his Doctorate Degree in MFT from Brigham Young University. He is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor for the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, and a Certified Family Life Educator for the National Council on Family Relations. Dr. Law has published in journal articles and book chapters on topics such as parenting, family therapy, and health care utilization. Dr. Law has provided over fourteen thousand hours of individual, family, and marital therapy in agencies and private practice. |
Direct Care Teachers and Life Coaches: Each of the direct
care staff receives 90 hrs of mandatory pre-training in the following areas: Behavior Management, Professional Code of Conduct, First Aid/CPR, Positive Peer Culture, Life Space Crisis Intervention, Rebuilding Children’s Lives, and Program Policies and Procedures. Direct Care staff, also complete an additional 50 hours annually of ongoing training. These direct care staff work as positive role models and life coaches as they maintain a 1-4 student to staff ratio. Our Motto is “Team Work” and we encourage you as the parent to become a member of our team. |