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In 2010, Rosa's Law replaced "mental retardation" in law with "intellectual disability", renaming Intermediate Care Facilities for Mental Retardation (ICF/MR) to Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID). [4] As of 2011, all 50 states within the U.S.A have at least one ICF/IID-based program.
Numerous social forces led to a move for deinstitutionalization; researchers generally give credit to six main factors: criticisms of public mental hospitals, incorporation of mind-altering drugs in treatment, support from President Kennedy for federal policy changes, shifts to community-based care, changes in public perception, and individual ...
Psychiatric hospitals in Illinois (11 P) Pages in category "Mental health organizations based in Illinois" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Qualified Mental Retardation Professional (QMRP) [13] [14] was the term first used in federal standards developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s for intermediate care facilities for developmentally disabled people. In 2010, Rosa's Law [15] changed the terminology from "Mental Retardation" to "Intellectual Disability."
Newberry Regional Mental Health Center- Developmental Services (-1992) Michigan Farm Colony for Epileptics/Caro Regional Mental Health Center, Wahjamega/Caro (1914–present) Wayne County Training School, Northville Township (1926–1974) Coldwater Regional Center for Developmental Disabilities (1935-1987) Mount Pleasant Center (1937-2009)
Pages in category "Psychiatric hospitals in Illinois" ... Chicago-Read Mental Health Center; E. Elgin Mental Health Center; J. Jacksonville Developmental Center; K.
The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) is the department [1] [2] of the Illinois state government responsible for providing a wide variety of safety net services to Illinois residents in poverty, who are facing other economic challenges, or who have any of a variety of disabilities. As of 2006, it was the largest administrative agency ...
In 1974, Jacksonville State Hospital's duties expanded beyond in-patient care of mental illness to include treatment for the *developmentally disabled." To reflect this change in mission, the legislature renamed it the Jacksonville Mental Health and Developmental Center' in 1975. (P.A. 79-581, p. 1895.)