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Riley: One-stop shop helps children cope with trauma in metro Detroit

October 22, 2018 by Starfish Family Services

Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press Published 6:00 a.m. ET Oct. 14, 2018 Dr. Maria Muzik, an Associate Professor in the University of Michigan's Department of Psychiatry, left, chats with Mary Ludtke from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 at the opening of the new Starfish Partnering with Parents Center in Dearborn. (Photo: Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press) Imagine being the parent of a child whose needs are many and may include physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and psychological counseling to deal with trauma. Now imagine that you, the parent of that child, must take your child to different places all over the county for each of those services, whether you have the transportation, time off work -- or money to make it happen. Now imagine that you are that child. And you’re 5 years old. And you to go to all of those places while also going to school. If you can’t feel the sheer frustration and pain of that … [Read more...]

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