Show I j. j ti t tao s i s Self elt sufficiency is goal ir-r- of Turning Point ro ram I I 1 33 r. d program I J 3 5 j jL r L i iT T b i iw Ip I w p 1 t. t A Ax J Jr x r Ce te a t aw g Daphne Draper Contributing Writer T THE HE Turning Point Program is organized organized organized or or- at for single parents and displaced homemakers serving people in Salt Lake and Tooele counties A member is not required to be a student student student stu stu- stu- stu dent or female to be involved in Turning Turning Turn Turn- ing Point The Carl Perkins Vocational Education Education Education tion Act funds this project along Wit with the Utah Displaced Homemaker Act and The goal is to assist participants in becoming self Turning Point sponsors the College Opportunity for Parents Parent's Education group COPE COPE is the support group for single parents and displaced homemakers Members do not have to tobe tobe tobe be college students The group was started by stude students ts needing the support of others others Joanna Rendi counselor at the Redwood cani carri pus says Our main focus is to be a support for forach each ach other to communicate assertively share com community resources and understand human be beE havior Members are well but want to get better bette They want free learning ability more enjoyment from living liying including more creativity joy productivity productivity awareness and acceptance of themselves and and ancl others and more acceptance of necessary restrict Personal growth and development then thep be become become bt come reality in an individuals individual's life J When an individual vidual becomes a displaced homemaker or a single parent it is a transitional transition l process Rendi explains that a loss is involved even if the change is good Our society doesn't teach us s how to go through the grief process She points point's out that as individuals we are not to blame for th the e circumstances but we accept responsibility for our own lives We have the power to change and make things right t c nc t All 11 rio Vf ir ern f hn corn C C i- i We all need to tp have haye some support for positive growth I Ori Orientation is every Tu Tuesday ay at pm p.m. and pm p.m. in the College Center room In order to meet with a counselor counselor coun counselor coun- coun a prospective client must attend an an orientation Services include information and referral regarding training employment employment employment employ employ- ment and community resources classes and workshops counseling assistance assessment assessment assessment as as- of aptitudes skills and vocational vocational vocational voca voca- interests limited financial assistance assistance assistance assis assis- tance and job placement information and assistance Brown Bag seminars are held weekly during fall winter and spring quarters Interested parties are encouraged to bring their lunch and enjoy speakers covering a wide variety of informative subjects Turning Point is also sponsoring Life Transition classes coordinated by Cathy Carey at South City Campus Child care is free Turning Point is a dynamic program with a well qualified staff to help in inmany inmany inmany many different areas Rendi keeps a saying in her office Life grants us many opportunities brilliantly brilliantly bril bril- disguised as insolvable problems a |