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LIFE CHOICES

8600 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48202

Reaching out to persons with developmental disabilities and their families.

Life Choices provides support and a central access point for children and adults with developmental disabilities and their families. Life Choices staff also advocates on behalf of individuals, secures resources and provides intermittent lifelong support services so individuals may live as independently as possible. Services provided include: comprehensive outpatient services for individuals and their families; ongoing assessment of community programs and resources; evaluation and planning; guardianship assistance; residential placement and monitoring; 24-hour crisis intervention and stabilization; parenting skills training; art therapy; and the PLAY Project.

The P.L.A.Y. Project (Play and Language for Autistic Youngsters) is a program designed to provide training and support for families of young children (18 months to 6 years) with autism. Trained NSO staff teach parents techniques that are effective, fun and useful in day-to-day interactions with their autistic child. Play is a wonderful tool for helping children (and sometimes even adults) to move beyond autism's self-absorption into real, shared interaction. Properly used, play can also allow youngsters to explore their feelings, their environment, and their relationships with parents, siblings and peers.

SERVICES

  • Comprehensive outpatient services for individuals and their families
  • Ongoing assessment of community programs and resources
  • Evaluation and planning
  • Guardianship assistance for persons with a developmental disability
  • Residential Group Home Monitoring and Clinical Services
  • Crisis intervention and stabilization (24 hours)
  • Training in parenting skills
  • Family support services
  • Individual and group therapy
  • Hospital liaison services
  • Specialized community services (HAB and children's waiver)
  • Supports coordination and advocacy
  • Psychological testing
  • Behavior modification programs

Eligibility Criteria: Developmental disability for persons older than 5 years is defined as a severe chronic condition that is attributable to a mental and/or physical impairment; is manifest before the age of 22; is likely to continue indefinitely, and results in substantial functional limitations in 3 or more areas of major life activities including self care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, self direction, capacity for independent living, and economic self-sufficiency. A Developmental Disability most often involves conditions such as mental retardation, autism, seizure disorder and /or cerebral palsy.

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