Mental retardation /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Upper Saddle River, N.J. :
Merrill,
c1998.
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| Edition: | 5th ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Basic concepts. Perspectives on mental retardation
- Historical perspective
- Definitional perspectives
- Assessment of mental retardation
- Etiology and preventative efforts
- Introduction to the different levels of mental retardation. Characteristics of individuals with milder forms of retardation
- Characteristics of persons with severe mental retardation
- Programming and issues across the lifespan. Infancy and early childhood
- Educational programming, school years
- Transitional years, preparing for adulthood
- Adult years
- Continuing concerns. Family considerations
- Individual rights and legal issues
- Institutional and community living
- Emerging and future issues.