1st Edition
Ameliorating Mental Disability Questioning Retardation
By Alfred A. Baumeister
Copyright 1967
432 Pages
by
Routledge
432 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book grows out of the optimistic view that mental retardation can be treated. It views mental retardation primarily as a behavioral problem. A child is diagnosed as retarded primarily because he behaves in certain maladaptive ways, not simply because he may have a chromosomal anomaly. The contributors view any intervention intended to produce adaptive changes in the behavior of the retarded... Read more
1. Definition, Diagnosis, and Classification, 2. The Multidisciplinary Approach to Mental Retardation, 3. Perceptual, Conceptual, and Psycholinguistic Evaluation of the Mentally Retarded Child, 4. Personality Evaluation, 5. Speech, Language, and Hearing of the Mentally Retarded, 6. The Role of Environmental Factors in the Treatment of Institutionalized Mental Retardates, 7. Psychotherapy and Other Adjustment Techniques with the Mentally Retarded, 8. Learning A biliti.es of the Mentally Retarded, 9. Programmed Instruction for Retarded Children, 10. Vocational Preparation and Occupation, 11. Public School Programs for the Mentally Retarded, 12. The Characteristics, Selection, and Training of Institution Personnel, 13. Counseling the Parents of the Retarded, Index
Biography
Alfred A. Baumeister
