Comprehensive Therapy Center

The next items to be auctioned off are listed below:
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Take care of the largest organ on your body with this basket of essentials from our neighbors at Skinlab by Plastic Surgery Associates!
Included is Skinceuticals Soothing Cleanser, SkinCeuticals Physical Fusion UV Defense 50, SkinCeuticals Triple Lipid Repair 15mL, SkinCeuticals H.A. Intensifier 15mL, and a SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 Gel 15mL.

Another week was filled with fun, laughter, learning, and making progress! Dino-Rawr 2024 Week 5 was another successful week.

Here are the third and fourth auction items!
Gather your best friends together for a fun night out and make your own custom candle! This fun night of making candles is for a party of five to create memorable moments with your best friends.

The fourth item to be auctioned off is a necklace and earring set by the one and only Kendra Scott. Adorn yourself with the jewels you deserve with this beautiful jewelry set from Kendra Scott! Enjoy these lovely earrings and necklace set from our Breton Village neighbor, Kendra Scott.

Here are the first two auction items for our Silent Auction that are being held from July 28th at 8 pm until July 29th at 8 pm.

The first one is Be a Brewer for the Day from the Mitten Brewing Company. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to brew your own beer??? Now, you have the chance to do so! Bid on a chance to spend the day brewing your own craft and learning the science behind the brew, with the award-winning brewers of The Mitten Brewing Company!

The second item being auctioned off is three one-month gym memberships to Tranzform Fitness in Cascade provides a boot camp-style classes with a variety of types of equipment from ski ergs to battle ropes to slam balls.

We are so grateful for this partnership. Celebrate with us on July 29!

Another great week for Therapy & Life Skills. The group learned how to make tie blankets along with cooking stir fry for the first time. Thank you to the YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids for coming out and teaching the kids cooking!

Hello everyone, our office has been flooded due to the thunderstorms last night and this morning. We are canceling our appointments up until noon. If you have an appointment before noon, please don't come as we are busy cleaning up. We hope to see our clients in the afternoon.

It's that time of the year! We are hosting our 10th annual fundraiser with The Mitten Brewing Foundation. Mark your calendars for July 29th to swing by The Mitten Brewing Company anytime from 11:30 am to 10:00 pm for pizza, games, raffles, and more. Remember 50% of the food sale proceeds go towards CTC!

Did you know that dancing can be a form of therapy? It’s true! It’s an entire field that’s been growing since the1940s. The American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) defines Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT) as the psychotherapeutic use of movement to promote emotional, social, cognitive, and physical integration of the individual. In other words, moving your body helps motivate your mind.

What a week! The second week of Dino-Rawr 2024 went well as a second week of camp can go. We thank Hillary Scholten for visiting us on Wednesday for a tour to see what Therapy & Fun and Therapy & Life Skills do. Here are some photos of the shorter week of camp.
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Did you know that July is Disability Pride Month? Since 1990, July has been the month we celebrate Pride for individuals with disabilities. How are you going to celebrate Disability Pride Month??

Remember, Therapy & Fun and Therapy & Life Skills are closed on July 4th for the holiday. Enjoy Independence Day with your friends, family, and loved ones.

Empathy Definition: the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

How to Teach Empathy: It must be modeled. Empathy is an inherent feeling in most children. Neurodiverse children can often struggle to build empathetic skills. The easiest, most effective way to teach your child about empathy is to model examples of it. Acknowledge their feelings. Validate their concerns. Help them feel what others are feeling by sharing examples or ideas of what someone might be feeling.

A great way to show empathy is by sharing ideas or examples of what another person is feeling. One way to show your child empathy is validating their feelings of being upset with a situation. Empathy can also be shown with other caregivers by sharing similar experiences of getting your child's accommodations, services, or help.

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CTC's Therapy & Fun and Therapy & Life Skills will start TODAY! Therapy & Fun is a seven-week summer program set up similar to a day camp. Children ages 3-14 with a range of disabilities attend three days a week and participate in activities facilitated by our therapists (speech, occupational, and dance-movement) and peer-to-peer volunteers. Activities include games, crafts, music, and more. Over the summer, clients are able to build their speech, motor, and social skills so they can be prepared for the school year ahead.

Due to the severe storm and power outage at Mayflower church, our Therapy & Fun and Therapy & Life Skills programs are CANCELLED today. If power is restored, we will continue tomorrow as planned. We will post updates on our social media pages and continue to reach out to families enrolled. Thank you for understanding and stay safe!

Emotional regulation is an important part of everyday life. Being able to help others control their emotions by doing these actions can go a long way. Our Behavioral Health Therapy works with families, couples, and individuals to better navigate mental, social, and emotional issues related to neurodiversity. It seeks to help clients use their own strengths to overcome difficulties with anxiety, depression, relationships, and trauma. The ultimate goal of Behavioral Health Therapy is to celebrate the client’s strengths and leverage them to find solutions that create change.

How well do you know CTC? Can you answer this question correctly of what kind of therapies CTC provides?
Our speech therapists can provide evaluations of speech, language, voice, alternative communication (like picture symbols or computer systems), and some oral motor or feeding concerns. We can diagnose a child with speech, language, voice, stuttering, or other communication related disorders OR we can help figure out what skills your child or loved one needs to work on if they already have a diagnosis like Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, ADHD, and more. We can provide weekly or monthly individual or group speech therapy to work on your child’s goals either at our clinic or by telehealth, using a computer or tablet from the comfort of your own home. We can help guide you to doctors, community organizations, and support groups if you need more help than we can provide.

How well do you know CTC? Can you answer this question of the different therapies that CTC provides?

June is the month to bring awareness about Men's health. Men and boys rarely speak up about their mental health, to combat this by: open up with a trusted adult, speak up and share your experiences, educate yourself and your child about mental health, and lastly show compassion to yourself and others.

June is Pride Month! As we celebrate our LGBTQ members, remember to uplift their voices and make them feel safe. We can make a better space for our friends by educating ourselves, donating our time or money to local charities, and evaluating our values.
Here are some resources to help educate yourself on the topic:
https://glaad.org/resourcelist/
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/
https://pflag.org/

We are about to kick off our Therapy & Fun/Therapy& Life Skills program and need some items that will help our kids have the best time! If you are looking for a way to give back this summer, please consider purchasing items on our therapists' Amazon wish lists! These items will directly help kids with disabilities have a productive, fun, and engaging time in our summer programs. https://therapycenter.org/donate/

We are excited that Voyage Michigan interviewed Ellen Sawyer. Check out the interview below 👇
https://voyagemichigan.com/interview/inspiring-conversations-with-ellen-sawyer-of-comprehensive-therapy-center/

Inspiring Conversations with Ellen Sawyer of Comprehensive Therapy Center - Voyage Michigan Magazine Today, we’d like to introduce you to Ellen Sawyer. Ellen Sawyer Hi Ellen, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself. I started with Comprehensive Therapy Center (CTC) when I was in high school. I volunteered for the summer program Therapy & Fun in order to obtain volunteer hours for my ...