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Main Office:734-677-9271
Fax: 734-677-9283
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2004 Hogback Rd.
Suite #7
Ann Arbor MI 48105
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The road to community integration through services that are client-centered
for independence and involvement in the community. |
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About MicHoldings |
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| Philosophy |
| MicHoldings programs and services are designed to improve the health and well being of each individual consumer. MicHoldings perception of community integration goes beyond lip service and the simple fact of a consumer being released to the community from a restricted setting. It is a notion of involving the individual and making an agency commitment that helps to project their individual needs, wants, desires, dreams, choices, preferences, management of service delivery and ultimately their self determination. |
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| Mission Statement |
| MicHoldings mission is to provide outstanding community-based mental and physical health rehabilitation services. The services will be appropriate to the clients needs and will meet or exceed the funding source’s expectations. |
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Our goal as a huma n service organization is to provide support and encourage activities that promote community integration while recognizing and honoring individual preferences, choices and abilities.
Micholdings, Inc. is established to provide specialized services to developmentally disabled, mentally ill, physically handicapped and traumatically brain injured persons.
The program and support services provided at Micholdings, Inc. builds upon the individual's capacity to engage in activities that promotes community integration. Our program recognizes, honors and respects the individual's preferences, choices and abilities.
Our program provides healthcare services, transportation, recreational activities, medication management / administration, scheduling and staffing to your clinical appointments - in your residence or ours.
Our program is committed to working with hospital programs, medical laboratories, occupational / physical therapists, social workers, nurses, psychologists, physicians, families and other professionals, as the individual desires or requires.
Our program operates an individualized plan of service that utilizes the person-centered planning and self-determination principles, as it’s core tools coupled with well trained and caring support staff for optimal/beneficial service provisions. |
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What does MicHoldings, Inc. specialize in?
MicHoldings, Inc. specializes in servicing individuals with developmental disabilities (DD) and mental illnesses (MI) in their own homes. Our company was instrumental in closing the last remaining institution for DD in the state of Michigan. The diagnosis of the individuals served in our DD section include: Fetal Alcohol Disorder (FASD), Autism, Self-injurious behavior, and mild retardation, amongst others. Diagnosis for our MI section include: Schizophrenia, Bi-Polar, and depression amongst others.
MicHoldings, Inc. recognizes the importance of our caregivers understanding how to work with individuals and their disabilities in order for that person to live a happy and fulfilling life. With a wide range of trainings and knowledge about disabilities we can ensure our caregivers provide the best support for every individual we care for.
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AUTISM
At MicHoldings, Inc. we pride ourselves in training our staff to fully understand the people that we serve. MicHoldings, Inc. partnered with Pamela Lemerand, Ph. D, from the Autism Collaborative Center at Eastern Michigan University to hold Autism Spectrum Disorders training for our caregivers. The Center hosted three workshops to help our caregivers better understand how to work with persons with autism. Here is a breakdown of each workshop and what each one focused on.
Workshop #1: Autism Spectrum Disorders: Key features of social, communication, and behavior impairments; strengths and challenges of autism; fundamental principles for communication, teaching, and behavior management with persons with ASD; impairment and ASD.
Workshop #2: Assessment of persons with ASD: Principles of assessing the person, the environment and the occupations/activity, understanding that behavior is communication and serves a specific function; how to understand what the behavior is telling you; how to chart behavior concerns, how to measure changes in behavior.
Workshop #3: Intervention approaches and specific strategies: Interventions at the environment level, person level, occupation/activity level; positive behavior supports; the challenges of transition times; behavior challenges outside the home; non-compliance de-escalation.
MicHoldings, Inc. understands the critical role that our caregivers play in supporting persons with autism. We understand that autism is a lifelong neurological disorder that impacts behavior, socialization, and communication skills, and we can help those manage their world through the use of visual supports such as checklists, pictures, objects, technology, and other interventions. Our goal at MicHoldings, Inc. is to give those persons with autism the possibility of living, working, and integrating into the community by figuring out why they are displaying the behavior and how we can assist them in changing the inappropriate behavior to more acceptable and appropriate one.
Quick Facts about Autism:
Autism is a neurological disorder
Auditory processing (ability to listen and understand) is a challenge
People with autism need to know the “now and next” of their daily schedule
People with autism often use their behavior as means to communicate
Autism is a lifelong disorder
Autism impacts socialization, communication, how the person navigates their environment
Autism looks different in each person
Great success in life can be a reality
Click here for more information on autism and the Autism Collaborative Center at Eastern Michigan University.
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
MicHoldings, Inc. caregivers are trained to work with individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). MicHoldings, Inc. supervisors and staff attended a three-day International FASD conference hosted by the University of Wisconsin Madison in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The conference focused on how to successfully interact and provide the best care possible to persons with FASD. Knowing the specific needs of a person with FASD is instrumental to building a relationship and to helping them integrate into the community and lead a normal life to the best of their capabilities.
Quick Facts about FASD:
Their brains work differently than ours
Every day is a new day
Allow time for the person to respond to verbal communication
Provide a structured daily routine
Provide help planning and organizing
Click here for more information on FASD or FASD center
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GENTLE TEACHINGS
“Gentle Teaching is based on a psychology of human interdependence. It asks caregivers to look at themselves and their spirit of gentleness to find ways to express warmth and unconditional love toward those who are the most disenfranchised from family and community life. It views our role as critical and requires a deep commitment to personal and social change. It starts with ourselves, our warmth toward others, our willingness to give without any expectation of receiving anything in return, and our intense desire to form feelings of companionship and community with those who are the most pushed to the very edge of society.
Gentle Teaching focuses on four essential feelings that need to be taught to those who are served— safe, loved, loving, and engaged. Caregivers not only need to ensure that those whom they serve are safe, but, more importantly, feel safe”
Excerpt from Center for Positive Living Supports
MicHoldings, Inc. is fully committed to the Gentle Teachings philosophy. We are taking this philosophy across the board, from our CEO to supervisors, to home managers and all our caregivers. We understand that the main idea behind Gentle Teachings is not to change behaviors, but to change ourselves and deepen our spirit of gentleness. We believe that long-term change comes and is sustained when we change ourselves first in order to convey warmth and a sense of love to those we care for. MicHoldings, Inc. staff partnered with Center for Positive Living Supports for the following trainings for our caregivers:
Working with People
This two day training is designed for direct care-givers and first line supervisors. It teaches the basics of providing positive supports and the important role of a gentle caregiver. This training is also a good introduction for managers, support coordinators, clinical staff and those identified as training leaders. It is a building block for providers to conduct their own internal training. Attendance at both days is required to receive training certificate.
Gentle Teacher Practicum
This three day training is a combination of classroom and hands-on training in the “spirit of gentleness”. It is most suited for first line supervisors, managers, support coordinators, clinical staff, and those identified by their agency as having a leadership role in training development. It is limited to 12 – 14 participants because of the intimate setting and design. This training is essential for those looking to become certified mentors or trainers in their own organizations. The Working with People training is a prerequisite for this training.
Click here for more information on Gentle Teachings and the center.
How has our approach impacted our consumers and our community?
In addition to helping shut down the last remaining institution for developmentally disabled individuals, MicHoldings, Inc., is responsible for taking out DD clients from the state hospital, many of which were considered too dangerous to be out in the community. MicHoldings, Inc. not only has success with these individuals but also insures full community integration and a fulfilled life to the best of their capabilities.
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