1. Investment in R & D projects that promote improvement in service delivery to clients that have been ill-served to date
Since 2008, the Butters Foundation has aggressively invested in R & D projects sponsored by a research group headed by Dr. Diane Morin, C.M. of UQAM, that aim to upgrade direct public services to intellectually disabled & autistic people with special needs, especially in the area of behavioral issues. These are people that have been poorly served by the public system to date for a whole host of reasons, oftentimes because their issues span more than one program within the vast health system, and have thus been transferred ineffectively from one institution to the next. Our projects reflect a multi-disciplinary approach, bringing together the best in all appropriate professional domains. And the results of our projects always get disseminated to interested professionals in both linguistic groups in Quebec and beyond.