Estelle Slootmaker

1 week ago | secondwavemedia.com | Estelle Slootmaker

When Michigan’s child welfare system assumes responsibility for a child — whether they are waiting for adoption or foster care or they are experiencing abuse or neglect — ensuring that the receive the right mental health care is essential.   Robert Sheehan“Kids in the child welfare system have experienced trauma, sometimes repeated or chronic trauma,” says Robert Sheehan, CEO, Community Mental Health Association of Michigan (CMHA).

2 weeks ago | flintside.com | Estelle Slootmaker

For the past several years, the Michigan Health and Hospital Association’s (MHA) annual Strategic Action Plan has addressed behavioral health. As the COVID-19 pandemic began winding down, MHA started collecting data on the numbers of patients presenting to emergency departments (ED) across the state who were stuck, waiting for the behavioral health care they needed.

2 weeks ago | secondwavemedia.com | Estelle Slootmaker

For the past several years, the Michigan Health and Hospital Association’s (MHA) annual Strategic Action Plan has addressed behavioral health. As the COVID-19 pandemic began winding down, MHA started collecting data on the numbers of patients presenting to emergency departments (ED) across the state who were stuck, waiting for the behavioral health care they needed.

1 month ago | rapidgrowthmedia.com | Estelle Slootmaker

Julie Bullock, right, and her son Michael "My life and his life are better thanks to all the Alliance has done to support us"Second Wave Michigan asked Julie Bullock about the Gala and what AAoM means to her and her autistic adult son, Michael. Bullock serves on of the AAoM board of directors and recently was a guest on the podcast, “Let’s Plant Houses,” which focuses on parents who are raising special needs children.

1 month ago | flintside.com | Estelle Slootmaker

Julie Bullock, right, and her son Michael "My life and his life are better thanks to all the Alliance has done to support us"Second Wave Michigan asked Julie Bullock about the Gala and what AAoM means to her and her autistic adult son, Michael. Bullock serves on of the AAoM board of directors and recently was a guest on the podcast, “Let’s Plant Houses,” which focuses on parents who are raising special needs children.