Obstacles to services for the mentally retarded

Preparation of mental health personnel for the delivery of mental retardation services

“…However, it has been recognized that community mental health centers generally have not yet "tooled up," that is, prepared themselves and made the full-scale commitment necessary for their contribution to normalization and widespread community living for the retarded (Brown, 1972;Lippman, 1972;Savino, Stearns, Merwin, & Kennedy, 1973;Tarjan, Wright, Dyman, & Keeran, 1973 one such community mental health-mental retardation center is conceptualized here as a guiding model to other community mental health centers and community agencies in their own tooling-up process (Chin, & Binne, 1969;Dana, 1965;Krishef & Levine, 1968;Begab, 1970;Rapaport, 1971).…”