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New Accreditation Affirms Special Tree’s Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program is One-of-a-Kind in Michigan
Special Tree Earns International CARF Accreditation for Multiple Rehabilitation Programs, Adds Spinal Cord Injury. The new accreditation now makes Special Tree a Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Program (CIIPR), the only organization of it’s kind worldwide to achieve CARF-accreditation for both brain injury and spinal cord injury specialty for adults in a skilled nursing facility.
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Alex’s Story: Heading Home After Spinal Cord Injury
On September 14, 2019 everything changed for Special Tree client Alex when his motorcycle was struck by a driver going 40 mph. He was thrown 25 feet and vividly remembers thinking “please Lord let me be able to get up from this when I land.”
![Special Tree's New Learning Series Covers Essentials of Living With a Spinal Cord Injury](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613f7553e2620c3af7e10324/1637602875955-EYDPB58EWXKIRDHL1RJK/jackie.jpg)
Special Tree's New Learning Series Covers Essentials of Living With a Spinal Cord Injury
Special Tree is ramping up our SCI programming beginning with a new educational course for patients and their family/care-providers.