SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: Advanced Therapeutic Solutions, LLC

BY KENDRA ROGERS- EDITOR AND CHIEF

For people with special needs, especially children, finding a compassionate recreational therapy provider can be challenging. The search for appropriate care can be tough for those who don’t live in a major city. Advanced Therapeutic Solutions is working to make the search easier for Michigan-areas families.

Compassionate therapy is the mission Farmington Hills native, Sophie LeFevre, had when she founded ATS. Having surveyed the therapeutic offerings across Michigan, LeFevre decided it was up to her to bring the latest therapies to those who needed them most.

Today, thanks to her efforts and those of her tireless team, ATS is changing the lives of children and adults across Michigan–and they’re only getting started!

MAKING RECREATIONAL THERAPY ACCESSIBLE TO MICHIGANDERS

ATS provides in-home and community-based services to those with different abilities throughout Michigan. ATS offers activity-based therapies such as music, art, and recreational therapy. This unique focus distinguishes ATS and allows its clients to access various therapeutic options unavailable to the community until the company began offering them.

ATS is changing how special needs individuals get the skills and care they need to live fulfilling lives. However, in many ways, the company is just getting started. ATS is rolling out two new programs: community re-integration funded through no-fault insurance and recreationally based ABA therapy. Through both approaches, ATS hopes to support its clients more naturally.

THE INSPIRATION BEHIND ADVANCED THERAPEUTICS SOLUTIONS

ATS founder Sophie LeFevre has been passionate about special needs providers for much of her life. She grew up exposed to her mother’s deep passion for the special needs community, which she served through her job with Oakland County. That sparked a lifelong passion for serving differently abled individuals and helping them bring their unique spark to the world.

While at Western Michigan for her bachelor’s in interdisciplinary health services, Sophie fell in love with program planning and one-on-one personalized treatment. Ultimately, Sophie followed her passion to her second bachelor’s at Eastern Michigan and master’s degree at Indiana University in Therapeutic Recreation.

After Eastern Michigan, Sophie started working with children and adolescents who faced physical, cognitive, developmental, social, and behavioral disabilities. After working in this field for over a year, she realized how many individuals needed to receive qualified specialized care. With that insight, she created ATS to serve those in need.

ADVANCED THERAPEUTICS SOLUTION’S COMMITMENT TO APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS (ABA)

ATS advocates for and provides Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapies. This approach has come under fire recently in the therapy community due to some practitioner approaches. ATS, however, approaches ABA in a more holistic way as it works to help those served. Rather than focus on training a single skill, ABA attempts to apply a broad range of skills in realistic settings. At ATS, they place a particular focus on the importance of play.

Advocates of ABA believe this approach can help patients better apply the skills they learn in realistic settings. Sophie even went back to school to try to change the world of ABA. She believes her experience can help to reframe discussions around the practice and give it more comprehensive exposure to those who may benefit from it.

ATS GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY

In addition to changing views on ABA therapies, ATS is committed to helping its local community. ATS believes in treating its clients and their families with unique individualized support. ATS knows it isn’t just treating patients and their friends and neighbors.

The team plans on fundraising once their new programs are up and running. They plan to partner with organizations to give back and start a non-profit addition with continuing education after individuals age out of school.

For help and resources, reach out to Sophie at: www.advancedtherapeuticsolutionsmi.com or advancedtherapeuticsolutionsmi@gmail.com