menr program for clients with special behavior
problems. The program seeks to eliminate the need
for returning developmentally disabled persons ro
institutional care.
Overseen by the Developmental Disabilities
Administration, the Unit supervises forensic
evaluations and conducts public policy research
for the Administration. For community service
providers, the Unit provides training in areas
such as medication management and manage-
ment of disruptive behaviors. Additionally, the
Unit serves as an audiovisual and training
resource center for community service providers
funded by die Administration (Code Health—
General Article, sec. 10-406).

CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD FOR WALTER P.
CASTER CENTER, MENTAL RETARDATION UNIT

Vacancy, Chairperson

Mental Retardation Board appointed by Governor
upon recommendation of Secretary ofHealth & Menial
Hygiene: Doris H. Silver, 1988; Joseph R. Young,
1992; four vacancies.

The seven members of the Board are appointed to
four-year terms by the Governor upon recommenda-
tion of the Secretary ofHealth and Mental Hygiene.

ROSEWOOD CENTER
Alan M. Radinsky, Ph.D., Superintendent

Rosewood Lane
Owings Mills, MD 21117 363-2727

Rosewood Center was established in 1888 as
the Asylum and Training School for the Feeble
Minded of the State of Maryland (Chapter 183,
Acts of 1888). The Asylum and Training School
admitted its first children in 1889. From 1912 to
1961, it was known as Rosewood State Training
School. In 1961, the School became Rosewood
State Hospital (Chapter 89, Acts of 1961). When
the departments of Health and Mental Hygiene
merged in 1969, the Hospital was renamed
Rosewood Center.
The Center provides for the care, education,
training, and habilitation of mentally retarded per-
sons from all parts of the Stare. Rosewood is funded
to serve a daily average of 536 residents (Code
Health—General Article, sec. 7-305).

CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD FOR ROSEWOOD
CENTER

Charles A. Breitenbach, Chairperson, 1992

Appointed by Governor upon recommendation of Secretary
ofHealth & Mental Hygiene: MaryE. Hayes, 1991;
VonzellaA. Hill, 1991;TamaraT. Schnydman, 1992;
Arnold A Cohen, 1993; Clarence C. Shelley, 1993;
Elizabeth S. Haynie, 1994.

Department ofHealth & Mental Hygiene/305

The Board's seven members are appointed to
four-year terms by the Governor upon recommen-
dation of the Secretary of Health and Mental
Hygiene.

SOUTHERN MARYLAND REGION

Fred Meyer, Regional Director
595-5308

The Regional Director for the Southern
Maryland Region oversees administration of com-
munity-based services and Great Oaks Center.

GREAT OAKS CENTER
Marvin M. Malcorti, Ph.D., Director

3100 Gracefield Road
Silver Spring, MD 20904 595-2300

Great Oaks Center was established in 1967 as
the Metropolitan Washington Retardation Center
(Chapter 556, Acts of 1967). The Center opened
in the fall of 1970 and adopted its present name in
1971. Great Oaks serves mentally retarded persons
from Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince
George's and St. Mary's counties. It was the first
regional center in Maryland established to treat the
mentally retarded. The Center provides care and
training for a daily average of 360 mentally retarded
residents (Code Health—General Article, sec. 7-
305).
Retarded and developmentally disabled in-
dividuals receive a full range of comprehensive and
diversified services and programs, including respite
care. Education, training, and habilitation services
and programs for the facility's retarded residents are
offered both in the Center and in the community.
A day care program integrates programs and
services offered by Great Oaks. A Regional Team
offers outreach services, such as training parents at
home to solve special problems of their children so
that institutionalizanon may be averted. The Team
helps local school teachers educate and train their
developmentally disabled students. County health
departments and community agencies are aided to
develop resources for the developmentally disabled.
The Team also assists residents who leave the Center
to live in the community

CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD FOR GREAT OAKS
CENTER

Vacancy, Chairperson

Appointed by Governor upon recommendation of
Secretary ofHealth & Mental Hygiene: John D.
Evans, 1991; Evelyn G. Hill, 1991; Scott
Daughhecee, 1992; Rev. RoyN. Pea, 1992; Lucille
H. Loewy, 1993; James R. Powell, 1994; Dorothy
G. Weinstein, 1994.