for blind people to operate vending stands in
federal and state buildings.
The Independent Living and
Rehabilitation program provides services to
seniors who are legally blind. The services
include mobility and orientation, adaptive
daily living skills, low vision services,
adjustment counseling, family counseling and
peer support. There are monthly support
groups in various locations. The Commission
for the Blind has a comprehensive live-in
rehabilitation facility in Kalamazoo, Mich.
The Jewish Community Center
6600 W. Maple Rd.
W. Bloomfield, MI 48033
661-1000, ext. 314, 661-1900 TDD
Margo Weitzer
The Maple-Drake building has a monthly
Low Vision support group run in conjunction
with Sinai Hospital. There is transportation
from designated areas. The JPM building in
Oak Park and the Maple-Drake building offer
weekly exercise classes for people with low
vision. There is no charge for the support
group, but there is for the exercise classes.
Oakland County Library for the
Blind. and Physically Handicapped
32737 W. 12 Mile Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
Carol Hund
553-0300 Voice, 553-0320 TDD
Oakland County Library for the Blind
and Physically Handicapped is part of a
National Library system providing talking
books and equipment for people with reading
disabilities. Visual aids are available for
borrowing and special adaptive switches for
equipment may be special ordered.
Oakland County residents with hearing
impairments may borrow a closed caption
device for the television. Head phones with
special amplifiers are also available for loan.
HEARING IMPAIRMENT
Special education services are available
through the public schools for students from
birth to age 26. If deafness or hearing
impairment is the primary handicapping
condition, most students graduate at 18 or
19. Some students are in "center" programs
and some students are part of the typical
classroom. Ancillary services include speech
pathology, teacher consultant, and listening
devices needed for an appropriate education.
Call the local special education director or
Oakland Schools at 858-2121.
Community Services for
the Hearing Impaired
50 Wayne Street, Suite 201
Pontiac, MI 48341
Mary Colton
332-3323 Voice or TDD
Community Services for the Hearing
Impaired has referral for an interpreter. They
have information and referral services as well
as direct client services. They offer programs
and workshops, sign language classes, and
offer TDD/Voice relay services. CSHI has a
speakers bureau and consultation service.
For free AIDS information for deaf and
hearing impaired people, call 1-800-AIDS-
TTY. They offer community awareness and
education activities as well as social
activities. They sponsor captioned movies.
Oakland Community Mental Health
Deaf Connections of Oakland County
31 Oakland Avenue
Pontiac, MI 48058
Len Switras
858-5331 TDD, 858-5326 Voice
Deaf Connections offers services for
people who are deaf or hard of hearing
and/or their family members. Some of the
areas that may be covered in counseling are:
depression, adjusting or coping with hearing
loss, loss through divorce or death,
parenting, difficulty in school, family or work
related problems. Sign language interpreters
are provided as needed. Costs are covered
by health insurance including Medicaid and
Medicare or on a sliding fee scale. After
hours crisis service is available through
Common Ground (North, 338-7450, South,
543-2900 both Voice or TDD).
Sinai Hospital Hearing Impaired
Professional Services
15440 W. McNichols
Detroit, MI 48235
Dr. Keith Lepard
493-6274 Voice, 493-6277 TDD
Sinai Hospital Hearing Impaired
Professional Services offers the same
services as Deaf Connections of Oakland
County as well as having a psychiatrist as
director to oversee medical services as may
be related to the hearing impairment.
SHHIPS also offers a symposium open to
anyone interested in learning about the
impact of deafness on the individual and
family, examining the many facets of
deafness and other hearing impairments and
providing participants with information they
can use in their own work or life. The
symposium is taught by SHHIPS staff and is
free.
Jewish Community Center
6600 W. Maple Road
W. Bloomfield, MI 48033
Margo Weitzer
661-1000 ext. 314, 661-1900 TDD
The JCC runs a bi-weekly peer support
group for people experiencing hearing loss.
Most of the attendees are seniors. The group
is facilitated by an audiologist from Sinai
Hospital. There are monthly movies shown in
subtitles. The JCC has a portable infrared
listening system available for any program.
Please call first for a reservation.
Many temples and synagogues have
assistive listening devices. A reservation may
be made in advance or just ask the usher
the day of services. Check with your temple
or synagogue. Temple Emanu-El has a sign
language interpreter on the third Friday of
the month Shabbat service.
the services that the child is getting and
makes sure the family is aware of all the
available resources for both the child and the
family, and will act as an advocate when
necessary. CSHCS is involved in areas of
prevention as well.
Some families are automatically eligible
for free services while other families share in
the cost of care according to an established
schedule.
MENTAL ILLNESS
Kadima
29200 Southfield Road, Suite 205
Southfield, MI 48076
Miriam lwrey
559-8235
Kadima offers support services for adults
with mental illness. There is one home for 6
residents and an apartment program
designed for mentally ill adults to live semi-
independently in the community.
Services provided by Kadima include but
are not limited to: solving daily living
problems, structuring leisure time, utilizing
community resources, gaining and/or
maintaining employment. Psychiatric, social
work and nursing services are also available.
Kadima has an outreach program to help
individuals and families obtain services
needed for a client to live independently.
Oakland County Community Mental Health
20300 Civic Center Drive, Suite 320
Southfield, MI 48076
Pete Hartman
354-7530
Community Mental Health offers services
for people with a mental illness. They have
counseling services including case
management and medication reviews. CMH
contracts for Community Living Centers, an
apartment program for mentally ill adults.
See Jewish Vocational Service and New
Horizons for opportunities for people with
mental illness.
29699 Southfield
Southfield, MI 48076
Albert Ascher
559-1500
(This is only one of many programs
offered at JVS.) Participants in the Jewish
Vocational Services' Adult Day program use
a variety of skill-building techniques to
achieve their maximum potential. Clients
receive counseling and advocacy services.
Work skills are developed at on and off-site
locations with appropriate support.
Clients learn activities of daily living in
order to become fully integrated into the
community. These may include money
management, shopping and restaurant skills
or personal hygiene and grooming skills.
Physical conditioning and leisure interests
are also developed. Case management
services are provided.
New Horizons of Oakland County
117 Turk
Pontiac, MI 48053
Israel Hochberg
338-6176
A variety of work experiences are
available to clients at New Horizons to
capitalize on their skills. After assessment,
clients develop their talents to work with the
most independence possible. Work sites may
be in-house or on-site. Job coaches are used
as needed. The ultimate goal is competitive
employment.
The Jewish Community Center
6600 E. Maple Rd.
West Bloomfield, MI 48033
Leannie Gunsberg
661-1000 Voice, 661-1900 TDD
Mrs. Gunsberg coordinates a Thursday
night social group for adults in the
community with developmental disabilities.
Activities include coffee houses, dances,
cultural events, and movies. Some attractive
arts and crafts and projects are included.
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Special education services are available
through the public school system for students
from birth to age 26. Contact the local
special education director or Oakland
Schools, 858-2121.
Community Mental Health
1200 N. Telegraph Road
Pontiac, MI 48058
Tom Woodard
858-1225
Respite care services are available for
families that have a child with developmental
disabilities (The waiting list is long). There
are several centers in the county that have
Jewish Information Service
15110 W. Ten Mile Road
Oak Park, MI 48237
Carol Kaczander or Barbara Lefton
967-4357 Voice, 967-0460 TDD
The Jewish Information Service is an
information and referral service. They are
currently set up to be a relay system between
the deaf community and helping agencies.
Children's Special Health Care Services
1200 N. Telegraph
Pontiac, MI 48058
Elaine Sinkule
858-5409
Children's Special Health Care Services
covers chronic physical conditions that
require care by medical or surgical
specialists until age 21. If a child is
suspected of having a condition of this type,
CSHCS will provide a free medical
evaluation. The public health nurse oversees
Jewish Vocational Service
JARC
28366 Franklin Road
Southfield, MI 48034
Joyce Keller
352-5272
JARC helps prepare place and supervise
mentally impaired adults in residential
settings. These settings may be a Haverim
home or in the DeRoy Independent
Apartment Program. JARC does Coordinated
Intervention Services, which is case
management for clients with dual diagnosis
of mental retardation and mental illness.
JARC offers a Family Assistance
Program that provides information, referral,
some counseling, and case management for
families and clients on the waiting list.
OTHER PROGRAMS
after school and Saturday respite programs
(call Pat Shiflet, 858-1010). Counseling,
individual or family, may be accessed
through CMH. Community Mental Health is
the first step in the system for families that
will be making an out-of-home placement for
their child eventually.
CMH has limited space in a day program
for people over 26.
Chaverim
The Jewish Community Center
6600 W. Maple Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
Leannie Gunsberg
661-1000 Voice, 661-1900 TDD
Social, cultural and recreational program
meets twice a month for persons 20-45 with
some sort of physical disability.
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