Understanding Mental Retardation constitutes an up-to-date guide to current research and theory for specialists and students alike. Throughout, Edward Zigler and Robert M. Hodapp draw on our knowledge of normal development to inform their discussion of various aspects of retardation. Two introductory chapters provide the developmental framework for this discussion. Topics addressed include issues of definition, classification, and prevalence; motivation and personality factors; intervention in the lives of organically and so-called familial retarded persons; the possibility of 'miracle cures'; and the problems of institutionalization and mainstreaming. The authors' clear presentation and judicious evaluation of the available evidence will attract the attention of a wide audience.
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Compared to many of the physical sciences, the study of mental retardation is still in its infancy or early childhood. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
familial retarded children, preinstitutional social deprivation, familial retarded persons, nonretarded children, institutionalized retarded children, nonretarded parents, genetotrophic disease, mental retardation field, institutionalized retarded persons, mainstreamed placements, patterning treatment, postschool years, similar structure hypothesis, nonretarded groups, nonretarded people, subnormal intellectual functioning, nonretarded peers, similar sequence hypothesis, organic retardation, mildly retarded persons, familial retardation, known organic etiology, early intervention work, nonretarded individuals, retarded residents Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Abecedarian Project, Yale Project, New York, Elwyn Institutes, Kennedy Foundation, Perry Preschool Project, Perry Project, Public Law, Isle of Wight, American Association, American Journal of Mental Deficiency, Partlow Committee, Profile of Development, Walter Fernald New!
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Compared to many of the physical sciences, the study of mental retardation is still in its infancy or early childhood. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
familial retarded children, preinstitutional social deprivation, familial retarded persons, nonretarded children, institutionalized retarded children, nonretarded parents, genetotrophic disease, mental retardation field, institutionalized retarded persons, mainstreamed placements, patterning treatment, postschool years, similar structure hypothesis, nonretarded groups, nonretarded people, subnormal intellectual functioning, nonretarded peers, similar sequence hypothesis, organic retardation, mildly retarded persons, familial retardation, known organic etiology, early intervention work, nonretarded individuals, retarded residents Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Abecedarian Project, Yale Project, New York, Elwyn Institutes, Kennedy Foundation, Perry Preschool Project, Perry Project, Public Law, Isle of Wight, American Association, American Journal of Mental Deficiency, Partlow Committee, Profile of Development, Walter Fernald New!
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- Child Psychology by Ross Vasta in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Child Development with Multimedia Courseware CD and PowerWeb by Ganie DeHart in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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