The Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center Northwest Alabama is committed to providing quality community services to enable children and adults with disabilities achieve their maximum potential. To do this, we strive to be the most effective organization helping those we serve live with equality, dignity, and independence. The services provided include Vocational Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy. The facility is designated primarily to serve individuals from Colbert, Lauderdale, Franklin, Marion, and Winston Counties, but will accept clients/patients from throughout Alabama.
Occupational Therapy services typically include:
An individualized evaluation, during which the client/family and occupational therapist determine the person’s goals.
Customized intervention to improve the person’s ability to perform daily activities and reach their goals.
An outcomes evaluation to ensure that the goals are being met and/or make changes to the intervention plan.
Speech Therapy provides life-changing treatment, support and care for children and adults who have difficulties with communication. Easter Seals Northwest Alabama employs a professional licensed Speech Therapist that works closely with parents, teachers, physicians, hearing specialist, occupational therapist and physical therapist to ensure the best possible outcomes.
Physical Therapy is rehabilitation armed in helping patients maintain, recover or improve their physical ability.; The most up to date equipment such as, Nusteps, treadmills, cycles and various other pieces of equipment are used as needed. A written prescription from a physician is required.
Adults Vocational Program serves individuals with disabilities seeking employment. The disability does not matter as long as the individual is capable of obtaining and maintaining employment in the workforce. We serve all ages, from high school to senior citizen. Many of our consumers, while able to work, need some assistance to be successful.
Our Workshop is a full-service industrial Workshop. We do wood cutting projects, assembly projects, packaging and sorting projects and even metal and welding projects. We have built “Side-Racks” for the US Department of Defense that fit Army and Marine vehicles. Most of our work is sub-contract work for local industries. The only difference in our workshop and any other local industrial shop, is that we employ individuals with disabilities. Each of our current employees has a severe disability that has hindered their employment in the regular workforce.