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==History==
 
==History==
The New Haven Regional Center for the Mentally Retarded was opened in Fall of 1965 in New Haven Connecticut. It was opened alongside the Bridgeport Regional Center and a center in Putman Connecticut. Dr. Walter C. Alvarez wrote, in regard to the opening of the three new facilities, “experts are advocating the the building of small centers that will permit the retarded children to remain near his home, or even in it.” 1
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The New Haven Regional Center for the Mentally Retarded was opened in Fall of 1965 in New Haven Connecticut. It was opened alongside the Bridgeport Regional Center and a center in Putman Connecticut. Dr. Walter C. Alvarez wrote, in regard to the opening of the three new facilities, “experts are advocating the the building of small centers that will permit the retarded children to remain near his home, or even in it.”<ref>Alvarez, Walter C., M.D. "Schools for Mentally Retarded Develops Ability to do Something." Spokane Daily Chronicle, sec. Medical Column: 4. June 27th, 1966 1966. Print.</ref>
  
 
== Images of New Haven Regional Center ==
 
== Images of New Haven Regional Center ==
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1.Alvarez, Walter C., M.D. "Schools for Mentally Retarded Develops Ability to do Something." Spokane Daily Chronicle, sec. Medical Column: 4. June 27th, 1966 1966. Print.
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<ref>Alvarez, Walter C., M.D. "Schools for Mentally Retarded Develops Ability to do Something." Spokane Daily Chronicle, sec. Medical Column: 4. June 27th, 1966 1966. Print.</ref>
  
 
2. Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation. "New Haven Regional Center, Connecticut, Slide Show." The Minnesota Governer's Council on Developmental Disabilities, 2006.Web. www.mn.gov. <http://mn.gov/mnddc/parallels2/one/slides16/slides16.html>.
 
2. Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation. "New Haven Regional Center, Connecticut, Slide Show." The Minnesota Governer's Council on Developmental Disabilities, 2006.Web. www.mn.gov. <http://mn.gov/mnddc/parallels2/one/slides16/slides16.html>.
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== References ==
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Revision as of 15:11, 23 September 2013

New Haven Regional Center
Opened 1965
Building Style Single Building Plan
Alternate Names New Haven Center for Retarded Children



History

The New Haven Regional Center for the Mentally Retarded was opened in Fall of 1965 in New Haven Connecticut. It was opened alongside the Bridgeport Regional Center and a center in Putman Connecticut. Dr. Walter C. Alvarez wrote, in regard to the opening of the three new facilities, “experts are advocating the the building of small centers that will permit the retarded children to remain near his home, or even in it.”[1]

Images of New Haven Regional Center

Main Image Gallery: New Haven Regional Center



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2. Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation. "New Haven Regional Center, Connecticut, Slide Show." The Minnesota Governer's Council on Developmental Disabilities, 2006.Web. www.mn.gov. <http://mn.gov/mnddc/parallels2/one/slides16/slides16.html>.

References

  1. Alvarez, Walter C., M.D. "Schools for Mentally Retarded Develops Ability to do Something." Spokane Daily Chronicle, sec. Medical Column: 4. June 27th, 1966 1966. Print.
  2. Alvarez, Walter C., M.D. "Schools for Mentally Retarded Develops Ability to do Something." Spokane Daily Chronicle, sec. Medical Column: 4. June 27th, 1966 1966. Print.