Services
Clinic Services
Wellness Library
Housing Services
Psychiatric Hospital Services
Support Services
Peer Delivered Services
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Clinic
Services
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Screening, assessment, diagnosis, evaluation and treatment
planning based upon your individual needs.
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Medication assessment and prescription by licensed
psychiatrists.
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Psychiatric evaluation.
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Psychological evaluation.
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Individual, group, family and child therapy
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Behavioral Management Services.
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Nursing Home Monitoring Services.
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Specialty Health Assessment
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Physical Therapy is treatment for muscles that are not working
properly due to illness or injury. Usually this treatment is
ordered by your family physician but in some cases that therapy
will be a part of your mental health treatment.
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Occupational Therapy and Evaluation is treatment to restore or
improve muscles or joints. Usually this treatment is ordered by
your family physician but in some cases that therapy will be a
part of your mental health treatment.
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Speech, Language and Hearing Evaluation and Therapy is treatment
to restore or improve voice or hearing. Usually this treatment
is ordered by your family physician but in some cases that
therapy will be a part of your mental health treatment.
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Other assessments as needed.
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Other services may be available. Please call for more
information.
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Wellness Library -
The Wellness Library, located at The Montcalm Center,
provides books, pamphlets, video and audio tapes which contain
information about a variety of emotional and physical health topics.
These materials are available for loan to any Montcalm County
Resident.
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Housing Services -
Housing help is for persons with a severe mental illness or
developmental disability. Housing help includes adult foster care,
supported independent living and living in your own home.
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Psychiatric
Hospital Services - Hospital services are planned
through The Montcalm Center staff for adults and children. A face to
face meeting is necessary to plan for your care. The staff of The
Montcalm Center can arrange for state or private hospital services
for both adults and children. The Montcalm Center also may approve
outpatient partial hospitalization. This therapy program is provided
at the hospital while you live at home.
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Support Services -
Support services are offered to aid persons with severe
mental illnesses and developmental disabilities to continue to live
in the community and avoid hospital care. These services include:
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Case Management to aid persons to find needed medical, social and
educational services. This service is for persons with mental
illness and developmental disabilities.
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Home-Based Services, designed for families with children who are at
high risk for the development of a severe emotional disorders or at
risk for out of home placement because of the severity of their
disorder.
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Children's Crisis Residential, intended to be an alternative to
inpatient care.
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Wraparound services are an individually designed service for
children with severe emotional ●
disturbance or mental illness and their families.
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Community Living Training and Supports and Skill Building are to aid
persons to live in their own homes with the aid of the community.
These services include those services not covered by traditional
medical providers or physicians.
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Integrated Employment is to assist persons to get and keep jobs.
Supports are provided to persons with mental illness or
developmental disability so they may become a part of their
community.
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Family Support Services are to aid families with children diagnosed
with mental illness or developmental disability. This service helps
families stay together and receive services needed in or near their
home.
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Respite Care is another service for families with children with
mental illness or developmental disabilities and adults with
developmental disabilities or dementia. This provides financial
assistance to families to pay for care in their own home or out of
home care.
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Heartland Clubhouse is for persons with mental illness. This program
assists person to learn employment skills, community skills and
manage their mental illness. Contact the clubhouse at 989-831-7587
or your case manager for details.
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Peer Delivered Services - A Peer Support
Specialist is an employee of The Montcalm Center for Behaviorial Health. The Peer
Support Specialist is a person with a disability who has acquired skils to help others
learn about life and recovery skills such as how to:
●Be a self-advocate
●To live more independently
●To participate more actively in their community
With the supervision and at the direction of a Case Manager the Peer Supports Specialist
may function instead of the case manager in the delivery of planning, linking and coordination
services. The Peer Support Specialist may:
●Provide support and encouragement for consumers seeking
vocational and employment opportunities
●Provide support and assistance for consumers seeking
independent housing opportunities
●Facilitate the PCP process
●Assist with self determination planning
●Assist with recovery training and promotion
●Assist with access to entitlements and benefits
●Help develop wellness or crisis plans
●Help with developing mental health advance directives
●Provide support during crises
●Develop and implement recovery based advocacy or support
groups
You may request this service through your case manager or therapist, or by asking the Peer Support
Specialist to participate in your Person Centered Planning Process.
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