title: A community-oriented center for severely and profoundly retarded children.
abstract: A center established three years ago to provide local residential services for severely and profoundly retarded children has developed programs that give the residents a high level of interaction with direct-care staff members and with the community. At the Elisabeth Ludeman Center, children live in groups of eight or fewer in four-bedroom homes served by neighborhood centers. In various community-oriented programs, high school students are trained for jobs as half-time technicians. Ludeman residents are placed half days in a community development center, part-time services are provided at Ludeman for clients of other agencies, and community members come to the center as volunteer instructors or as users of Ludeman facilities. A key part of the center's program is an audiovisual service used extensively for inservice training and staff communication.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education; D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D002648:Child; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D012112:Residential Facilities; D000078329:Workforce