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Neuropsychology Laboratories Central
Missouri Regional Arthritis Center Child
Neuropsychology Clinic
Adult Day Connection (formerly Eldercare Center)
Health
Connection
Outreach
Services - Health Psychology
Rehabilitation
Psychology Robert
G. Combs Language Preschool Speech
& Hearing Clinic |
Service
and Outreach
Adult
Neuropsychology Laboratories
Neuropsychological services provided to adults
with all types of central nervous system disease and injury. Services
focus on the evaluation and treatment of cognitive, affective, and
behavioral impairments associated with brain dysfunction. Populations
served include individuals with traumatic brain injury, stroke,
tumor, Alzheimer’s dementia, Parkinson’s dementia, multiple
sclerosis,epilepsy, lupus, etc. Adult Neuropsychological Laboratories
provides consultative services to numerous MU Health Sciences Center
departments including Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Neurology,
Neurosurgery, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Psychiatry.
Provision of services also extends to multiple district offices
of the Missouri Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, including
Columbia, Jefferson City, Rolla, Kirksville, Hannibal, Sedalia,
and Chillicothe.
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Central
Missouri Regional Arthritis Center
The Central Missouri Regional Arthritis Center (CEMRAC) is one of
seven regional arthritis centers in Missouri. CEMRAC offers arthritis
education programs to community members, allied health professionals,
and physicians. We are located in The Health
Connection (a community fitness and wellness center) located on Stephens College Campus in Hilcrest Hall at
1507 E. Broadway. Phone: (573) 882-8097 Fax: (573) 884-5509
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CEMRAC serves a 24-county area including: Audrain, Benton, Boone,
Callaway, Camden, Chariton, Cole, Cooper, Dent, Gasconade, Howard,
Laclede, Maries, Miller, Moniteau, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan,
Osage, Pettis, Phelps, Pulaski, Randolph, and Saline counties.
The mission of the Missouri Arthritis Project and the Regional
Arthritis Centers is to reduce the burden of rheumatic disease
by promoting optimal health and quality of life for all Missourians
affected by arthritis, rheumatic diseases and related musculoskeletal
conditions through prevention, early intervention, education,
service and collaboration.
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Child
Neuropsychology Clinic
The Department of Health Psychology provides
diagnostic and evaluation services for children and adolescents
who have developmental, genetic or neurological disorders affecting
cognition, behavior and social skills. Using the most advanced diagnostic
equipment, psychologists evaluate more than 300 children each year.
The clinic also receives referrals from health-care providers, educators,
public agencies and families throughout central Missouri.
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Adult Day Connection (formerly Eldercare
Center)
Since 1989, the Adult Day Connection has provided
a safe and caring environment for frail, impaired or isolated older
adults. It is the only state licensed, adult day health-care program
serving families in mid-Missouri. In 2006, The Adult Day Connection opened a second facility location in Columbia's first ward, and anticipate opening a third location in the southeastern Columbia area in the Spring of 2007. Approximately 300 participants
and their families have benefited from the therapeutic activities,
exercise, nursing care and supervision provided by the center’s
staff. The center also bridges service to the community with a learning
mission. Students and faculty members have spent thousands of hours
with clients at the center.
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The
Health Connection
The Health Connection was established in 1989
as a model for a community-based exercise program for older people
and people with arthritis and other conditions that limit physical
activity. Today, it operates as a community health, wellness and
research center.
Staffed with certified exercise professionals, registered
nurses, educators and counselors trained to help individuals of
all ages and fitness levels, the center offers a variety of programming,
including many types of exercise classes, a supervised gymnasium
for aerobic and strengthening exercise, massage therapy, cholesterol
and glucose screenings, blood-pressure and heart-rate monitoring,
educational seminars and immunizations.
The center is affiliated with the Central Missouri
Arthritis Center, a Missouri Department of Health center that
provides arthritis education and information.
Schools of Health Professions faculty members rely
on The Health Connection to conduct important research on arthritis
and the benefits of exercise. The center also functions as a learning
laboratory for health-professions students. The National Council
on Aging has identified The Health Connection as one of the nation’s
top health and wellness centers for physical activity programming
for older adults. The council selected 10 programs out of 900.
Of the programs recognized, The Health Connection was the only
one affiliated with an academic health center.
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Outreach
Services through Health Psychology
Owing to the reputation of the Department of
Health Psychology as a provider of high quality psychological services
in rehabilitation and neuropsychology, demand for outreach services
to underserved areas of the state has been high. Faculty provide
neuropsychological and rehabilitation outreach to the inpatient
services of three St. Louis area Tenet community hospitals, as well
as outpatient neuropsychological evaluation services (including
services to the St. Louis district offices of the Missouri Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation) . Outreach services are also provided
in the Missouri city of Mount Vernon, with the provision of rehabilitation
and neuropsychological services to patients of the Missouri Rehabilitation
Center and to the southwest region district offices of the Missouri
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
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Rehabilitation
Psychology
Inpatient and outpatient psychological services
for individuals who have experienced potentially disabling injuries
and illnesses are provided at Rusk Rehabilitation Center, a 60 bed,
state-of-the-art rehabilitation center.Populations served include
individuals with cognitive and physical disabilities, with specialty
teams in neurorehabilitation (e.g., traumatic brain injury, stroke,
and neurological disorders), orthopedic rehabilitation (e.g., spinal
cord injury, musculoskeletal disorders, orthopedic trauma), and
geriatric rehabilitation (e.g., debilitation, dementia, stroke).
Services are focused on assisting individuals and their families
to adjust to disabilities, identifying and accommodating to impairments,
and to identifying appropriate community resources.
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Robert
G. Combs Language Preschool
With support from the Scottish Rite, the Department
of Communication Science and Disorders operates the Robert G. Combs
Language Preschool, a morning school for 3 to 5-yearl-old children
who may or may not have speech and language difficulties. Children
with speech and language difficulties benefit from exposure to peer
models with typical language development. As the only preschool
in mid-Missouri that focuses primarily on speech and language development,
the school serves many children who do not qualify for service through
the public school system. Most children who attend the preschool
also receive individual services in the MU Speech and Hearing Clinic.
Seniors and first-year graduate students in the Department of Communication
Science and Disorders have an opportunity to work in the preschool
and are supervised by licensed and certified speech-language pathologists.
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Speech
& Hearing Clinic
Under the guidance of certified speech-language
pathologists, graduate students in the MU Speech and Hearing Clinic
provide speech-language and hearing services to children and adults
in mid-Missouri. Diagnostic services include assessment, evaluation
and treatment of language skills, articulation and phonological
development. Fluency, voice assessment and general communication
skills are also evaluated. Therapy addresses communication problems
associated with a variety of conditions, such as autism, cerebral
palsy, stroke, traumatic brain injury, neurological disorders and
others. The clinic offers hearing screenings for anyone older than
7 months. In addition to providing services at reduced rates, the
clinic offers scholarships to those who cannot afford services.
The clinic also provides services for school districts with children
who have complex needs or whose parents request a second opinion. |
| last updated 1-4-2007 |
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