The Oaks Group is a value based stakeholder organization of parents, consumers, advocates, educators, service providers, and other professionals who believe persons with developmental disabilities should be fully included in the mainstream of community life, that children should have the opportunity to grow up in families, and adults should receive supports and services to help them live as close as possible to the way people without developmental disabilities live. With its more than 10,000 members, the Foundation provides referrals to both treatment centers and mental-health professional, and helps coordinate support groups, at the community level, throughout the world.
Public education is conducted by the distribution of literature, lectures, and presentations.
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