Friday, April 26, 2013
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Voices of Disability: MORC Receives new three-year accreditation
Voices of Disability: MORC Receives new three-year accreditation: The Macomb-Oakland Regional Center, which provides services for 5,100 disabled people in Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties, has re...
MORC Receives new three-year accreditation
The Macomb-Oakland Regional Center, which provides services for 5,100 disabled people in Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties, has received
its fourth three-year accreditation from CARF, the Commission on Accreditation
of Rehabilitation Facilities, which is based in Tucson, Ariz.
“MORC benefits from dynamic leadership at both the board
and administrative level, which has positioned the organization as a leader
both in the national and international arenas,” according to the CARF report. "MORC has been a leader in developing
cutting edge approaches, such as Gentle Teaching and the Center for Positive
Living Supports."
Gentle teaching is a method of developing trust between a person with a disability and a caregiver and makes it no longer necessary to use chemical, physical or mechanical restraints to control an individual's behavior, something advocates always considered abhorrent.
The report
also goes on to praise MORC's long history of advocacy for persons with developmental
disabilities, leadership in the deinstitutionalization movement, and the many
innovative ways the organization promotes community inclusion in all aspects of
its work.
MORC also is known
internationally for developing innovative approaches to help people with disabilities
live, work and play in the community. MORC
helped close all 12 institutions in Michigan and has also helped 54 nations,
over a quarter of the world, close institutions.
For more information about MORC, please visit its web site at www.morcinc.org or call 586 263-8700.
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