THE ISMR CLINICAL SERVICE PROGRAM The Clinical Service Program is characterized by a concern for the individual as a unique whole with the goal of understanding and helping him as well as his parents. Within the Institute, all services to retarded individuals and their families are defined as Clinical Services. Demonstration Schools Unit -to develop and demonstrate innovative approaches to special education -to operate cooperatively with community schools focusing on education and managing retarded children in group settings Study And Treatment Unit -to develop and demonstrate patterns of service, staffing, and quality control within an interdisciplinary environment -to insure maximum visibility for the Institute for the Study of Mental Retardation and the disciplines represented on the core staff Experimental Study And Treatment Unit -to provide optimum conditions to meet professional training goals -to serve the retarded population -to act as a basic setting for research on new pedagogical approaches, social-psychological research, and other cooperative interdisciplinary investigation and intervention techniques THE ISMR COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS ISMR will -provide intensive diagnostic and evaluation services -work with existing community service programs to provide services for the mentally retarded -develop service models to assist communities throughout the state in creating or strengthening services -provide continuous consultative assistance to service agencies -establish working relationships with residential treatment programs, such as: ISMR -Washtenaw County Community Health Center -Washtenaw County Health Department -Maternal and Infant Project, Detroit -Washtenaw County Public Schools, Special Education -Community Day Care Centers -Washtenaw County Adult Activity Center -Sheltered Workshops -Private Social Service Agencies -State and Local Welfare Agencies Community Services Program Relationships ISMA COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS ISMR-RESEARCH IN MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM Research at the Institute will be directed at: -uncovering the causes of mental retardation -developing a more meaningful taxonomy of the different syn- -elucidating the basic biological and behavioral processes -applying this knowledge to the care, rehabilitation, and educa- Research Units Within ISMR Individual Faculty Research Epidemiology Etiology Patterns of Service Quality of Service Follow-up Research Laboratories Evaluation Systems Analysis of Projected Goals Sociological Evaluation of the Team Process Resources and Materials Resource Center and Library Materials Evaluation and Dissemination Center Legal Research Institute of Continuing Legal Education Agency Research Standards Patterns of Service Manpower Training Manpower Utilization ISMR COORDINATES WITH STATE EFFORTS TO COMBAT MENTAL RETARDATION Institute programs are designed to be a part of the Michigan state plan to combat mental retardation. To maintain this relationship, the Institute has: -established an Institute-State Advisory Committee -obtained representation on the Southeastern Regional Interagency Committee -initiated cooperative efforts with other state universities -developed close cooperation with the residential treatment pro- -established liaison with a number of community service pro- -initiated cooperative planning with community college training State Wide Relationships Residential Programs ✰ State Universities A Community Colleges Community Programs |