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Center for Community Counseling and Development

The Center for Community Counseling and Development provides counseling and assessment services for community residents and schools and CMU students. Advanced graduate students in counseling ordinarily perform these services under the supervision of the counselor education faculty members. Some services provided are: individual counseling for children, adolescents and adults; family and couples counseling; play therapy for children; general counseling for emotional problems and life adjustment concerns; career and employment counseling; referral help in finding appropriate services for identified problems; and consultation with community agencies and schools. In addition to serving the needs of referrals during the school year, the Center for Community Counseling and Development provides counseling and consultative services during the summer months. The Center for Community Counseling and Development is administered by the Department of Counseling and Special Education and may be reached at 774-3532; 322 EHS Building.

Psychological Training and Consultation Center

The Psychological Training and Consultation Center (PTCC) is a CMU training clinic which offers low cost psychological services, including psychotherapy and psychological assessment, to CMU students and community residents. Services are provided by CMU Psychology graduate students who are training at PTCC, and they are supervised by Psychology Department faculty. In addition, specialty services are offered through PTCC, including the Violence Reduction Treatment Program, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Trauma and Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Neuropsychological Assessment Clinic, School Psychology Specialty Clinic, and the Learning Acceleration Program. For further information, or to request ser­vices, call 989-774-3904.

Speech Language and Hearing Clinics

The Speech, Language and Hearing Clinics are operated by the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders at CMU and facilities in the Central Michigan area, and are part of the Carls Center for Clinical Care and Education. They emphasize complete programs in evaluation, diagnosis, and rehabilitation of children and adults with communication disorders. The academic and clinical service programs in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology are nationally recognized by full accreditation from the Council of Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. In addition, the Audiology program is the first in the USA to be nationally recognized by full accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education of the American Academy of Audiology.

The Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders offers students in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology diverse clinical opportunities. Practicum experience may include medical care facilities, educational settings, preschool language programs, hospital clinics, voice clinics, otolaryngologists’ offices, and adult work activity centers. Students completing the programs in Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology fulfill the academic and clinical requirements for the Certificate of Clinical Competence issued by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. The Carls Center for Clinical Care and Education, Health Professions Building, 989-774-3904.