The MOSSAIC program (Mentoring, Organization, and Social Support for Autism/All Inclusion on Campus) is a University of Montana program for UM students and community members. MOSSAIC supports people with Autism and related disorders.

Thank you for your interest in the MOSSAIC program.  If your application is accepted, we will send you an invitation that will require a $25 MOSSAIC program fee. Decisions are made on a rolling basis throughout the academic year. 

We do anticipate having more applicants than places in the program, so we will make decisions about applicants based on our students' needs as well as considerations such as past attendance record. If accepted, we do require clients to commit to our attendance agreement, as we want to ensure you has the opportunity to make progress as well as honoring our commitment to our graduate student clinicians to acquire their clinical hours.

The MOSSAIC program has five essential pieces/ services that help shape the program's goals and execution.  You may find a description of these services by visiting the MOSSAIC website at:  http://health.umt.edu/slhos/dewit-ritecare-clinic/mossaic.php. Based on the services that might be best for you, you will fit into a specific "tesserae," which refers to a piece of material that might be used in combination with other pieces to form a mos(s)aic. In this application, you will be asked to select which services are of interest to you.

  Mission 

• We believe that every individual should have access to our services, regardless of financial, geographic, or physical barriers. 
• We are a teaching clinic. Services are provided by graduate student clinicians under the supervision of licensed and certified speech-language pathologists. 

You may qualify for our sliding fee scale if you have lower income. The sliding fee scale gives you a certain percentage of discount based on your entire family's income. If you have insurance, we will need to first attempt to bill your insurance prior to considering this application. 

Please refer to the UM DeWit RiteCare Clinic website's Payment for Services section for information on our fees for services and sliding fee scale for 2019-2020.

In this application, you will be required to provide income status documentation. This may include the following: 

EMPLOYED

• Weekly- three consecutive pay stubs
• Bi-weekly: two consecutive pay stubs

SELF-EMPLOYED

• Self-employed- most recent Federal tax return
• Business income- most recent Federal Business and personal tax returns

UNEMPLOYED

• Unemployed claim determination letter

RETIREMENT

• Social Security checks or bank statements showing direct deposits, official documents showing private pension, annuities, or individual retirement accounts

INTEREST/ DIVIDENDS

• Bank and/or investment account statements

ALIMONY/ CHILD SUPPORT

• Legal documents showing amounts ordered to be paid for support and/or alimony

OTHER

• Any other form of income not stated above

Thank you for your interest in Fall/ Spring YETI. Please note that if your application is accepted, there is a $20 YETI program fee due once your group begins.  

We do anticipate having more applicants than spots in the program, so we will make decisions about applicants based on our students' needs as well as considerations such as past attendance record. If accepted, we do require clients to commit to our attendance agreement, as we want to ensure your child has the opportunity to make progress as well as honoring our commitment to our graduate student clinicians to acquire their clinical hours.

When you have completed 25 hours of observation, please upload the observation reports and observation logs.  If you have any questions, please email Amanda Jackson, Clinical Externship Coordinator, amanda.jackson@mso.umt.edu