Opportunities for music education and music therapy are available to people of all ages with special needs. Through music programming at CMS, individuals with special needs have found joy, new friendships, and have made progress in the acquisition of motor, verbal, communication and social skills through music.
Easterseals has been helping individuals with disabilities and special needs, and their families, live better lives for nearly 100 years. From child development centers to physical rehabilitation and job training for people with disabilities, Easterseals offers a variety of services to help people with disabilities address life’s challenges and achieve personal goals.
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Easterseals ha estado ayudando a las personas con discapacidades y necesidades especiales, y a sus familias, a vivir una vida mejor durante casi 100 años. Desde centros de desarrollo infantil hasta rehabilitación física y capacitación laboral para personas con discapacidades, Easterseals ofrece una variedad de servicios para ayudar a las personas con discapacidades a enfrentar los desafíos de la vida y alcanzar metas personales.
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Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (D&HHS), is an independent agency serving Grand Rapids and surrounding areas. As the sole full-service agency for the Deaf and hard of hearing communities in West Michigan, D&HHS fills 4,000+ interpreter assignments annually, and provides further services through American Sign Language classes, cultural awareness and sensitivity training, equipment assistance and advocacy, and an educational and resources support program for deaf children in West Michigan.
Opportunities for music education and music therapy are available to people of all ages with special needs. Through music programming at CMS, individuals with special needs have found joy, new friendships, and have made progress in the acquisition of motor, verbal, communication and social skills through music.
The Disability Services Resource Center (DSRC), formerly known as the Bay County Society for Crippled Children and Adults serves individuals who are temporarily and permanently disabled by helping them remain and/or become part of their community to the fullest extent of their ability. DSRC offers five main programs through the organization that are at no cost to the consumer. The five main programs are Ramp Building, Campership, Disability Awareness Training, Medical Loan Closet, Adaptive Sports/Sporting events.
The Capital Area College Access Network (CapCAN) is a collaborative community network dedicated to increasing the college attainment rate of the Capital Area. CapCAN’s mission is to increase college and post secondary readiness, participation, and completion. CapCAN targets support and services to low-income, communities of color, and first-generation students.
Early On Michigan offers early intervention services for infants and toddlers, birth up to age three years of age, with developmental delay(s) and/or disabilities, and their families.
The Michigan Birth Defects Program offers information and resources to families about preventing birth defects.
Starfish believes in investing early in the lives of families to keep them intact. We strive to prevent problems before they escalate and help strengthen relationships to build solid families that work. We believe in the potential of all children and the power of healthy parent-child relationships to break the cycles of poverty and create long-term positive outcomes for children.
Healing Complex Kids provides hope and healing to families that are trying to recover their complex (special needs) children from their diagnosis. We want parents, teachers, therapists, and medical practitioners to know that it is possible to greatly improve the cognitive and social abilities of children diagnosed with ADD/ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, FASD, PANDAS, sensory issues, anxiety and depression, learning issues, and other developmental disabilities. We provide healing in the form of education. Through this web site, our social networks, and events we host or sponsor, we present solutions to help complex children recover. We have a strong dedication and interest in helping all families that struggle with finding the resources they need to maintain family stability. Our on-going and long-term mission is to provide families with the resources they need in the form of education, awareness, and interventions so they and their children can have the best family experience possible and help children grow up in healthy, loving families.