Therapeutic & Clinical Services

The following therapeutic and clinical services are available on-site for our clients, based on each individual's person-centered plan.

Behavior Therapy
Registered Psychiatric Nursing
Attending Physician Services
Social Work MSW (Counseling)
Therapeutic Recreation
Horticulture Therapy
Vocational Rehabilitation
Clinical Services

Behavior Therapy

At Turning Leaf, the advantages to psychosocial rehabilitation through tailored behavioral programs are clear. By analyzing the social system that the client lives in, we can identify how maladaptive and adaptive behaviors are maintained. A behavioral approach helps the client develop methods for better coping with the difficulties presented by a brain injury or mental illness. This makes a reinforcement, consequence, and prompt for desired behavior available in one setting useful for facilitating change in another. Progress in one social situation is often a prerequisite before improvement is possible in another. Services are provided by different disciplines as part of an integrated behavioral plan. Individual behavioral plans are designed to meet our clients’ unique needs and improve their skills in daily living activities that will help them become more independent. With this type of plan, clients would potentially graduate from a "Residential Rehabilitation Living" placement to "Transitional Living" and ultimately one that is in an "Independent Living" setting, with as much or as little assistance from our team of support staff as necessary.

David J. Wartel, Ph.D. leads the Turning Leaf support team in providing psychosocial rehabilitation to our clients.

Registered Psychiatric Nursing

Our full-time and on-call registered psychiatric nurses play an integral role in the rehabilitation process through their daily monitoring of physical health as well as their medication management, a standard service available to clients within each of the residential programs.

Attending Physician Services

Our attending physicians understand the short- and long-term effects of injury and illness, which is imperative to both the recovery process and the maintenance of the gains made after recovery.  At Turning Leaf, our attending physicians work in conjunction with our registered psychiatric nurses, counselor, and psychologist to provide comprehensive, on-site services for our clients.

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Social Work MSW (Counseling)

Our counselors work closely with our clients to assist with the development of an individualized reality-based plan of treatment, designed to attain the best possible outcome.  These services may include individual and group therapy, social rehabilitation, daily living skills/activities and crisis intervention.  Our counselor(s) are also available to help plan for any supportive services a client may need upon his or her return to the community.

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Therapeutic Recreation

Our therapeutic recreational services are tailored to meet each client’s needs, with a goal of helping to restore or rehabilitate an individual’s physical and mental functions and living independence.  Our recreational therapist provides resources and opportunities geared to improve overall health and general well being, such as group activity tables, community outings and exercise either on campus or at local health clubs.

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Horticulture Therapy

Turning Leaf’s restive setting lends itself perfectly to horticulture therapy services, where our staff create outdoor programs to improve behavioral and prevocational skills.  Weather permitting, horticulture therapy engages clients in working with flowers, vegetables and outdoor crafts, offering stimulus and variety, promoting physical, social, educational and psychological interactions.

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Vocational Rehabilitation

To support our clients’ transitional development, vocational training is offered to relearn or develop new work skills.  Our therapists work with each client to develop individual training objectives and intervention strategies so their progress can be evaluated on a consistent basis.  Assessing our clients’ interests and skills, independent living needs, and matching them with the needs of local employers is part of our process. 

As a part of the vocational rehabilitation process, before competitive employment is considered, our partnership with the Greater Lansing United Way enables our clients to work in a setting similar to that of competitive employment under the supervision of our vocational therapists.Although our clients are compensated for their time in all vocational settings, it places them in a situation where they are in a position to make a contribution to those less fortunate than themselves.

Our United Way collaboration and on-site program provide our clients with vocational opportunities such as packaging items for distribution, light janitorial duties, light landscaping and grounds beautification, or assisting with the purchasing and stocking of items for the facility.

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Clinical Services

The following services are provided on-site and are available to all clients, as necessary

  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Speech & Language Pathology

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