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Author | : Johnny L. Matson |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 525 |
Release | : 2013-11-22 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1489925015 |
The development of behavior modification principles and procedures and the ensuing research have had a dramatic impact on services for mentally re tarded persons. This book is the second edition of a volume that is designed to update readers on some of these many developments. Although many of the chapter titles and authors from the first edition remain unchanged, we have added additional chapters to reflect new areas of research. The book is thus a critical review of this literature and, as such, provides essential and important notions about what we know and what can be done to expand our current knowledge. The authors of the chapters are all recognized experts who have been active in publishing in the research areas they critique. As a result, they have a good understanding of what are the major issues in the field. And because they are also active in service provision to persons with identified handicaps, their material will be especially useful to practitioners and, it is hoped, to those_ professionals who are working in the field in estab lishing data-based treatments. One important change in the field has concerned the terminology used to We are aware that persons with mental retar describe handicapped persons. dation are no longer referred to as "the mentally retarded," and although no disrespect is intended, for the sake of continuity the original title has been retained on the advice of the publisher.
Author | : James C. Dobson |
Publisher | : Brunner/Mazel Publisher |
Total Pages | : 524 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
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Author | : Steven Noll |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780807845318 |
Steven Noll traces the history and development of institutions for the mentally handicapped in the South between 1900 and 1940. He examines the influences of gender, race, and class in the institutionalization process and relates policies in the South to those in the North and Midwest, regions that had established similar institutions much earlier. In addition, Noll creates a vivid portrait of life and work within institutions and the impact of institutionalization on patients and their families. At the center of the story is the debate between the humanitarians, who advocated institutionalization as a way of protecting and ministering to the mentally deficient, and public policy adherents, who were primarily interested in controlling and isolating perceived deviants. According to Noll, these conflicting ideologies meant that most southern institutions were founded without a clear mission or an understanding of their relationship to southern society at large.
Author | : R. C. Scheerenberger |
Publisher | : Brookes Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2002-08-09 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0309083230 |
Current estimates suggest that between one and three percent of people living in the United States will receive a diagnosis of mental retardation. Mental retardation, a condition characterized by deficits in intellectual capabilities and adaptive behavior, can be particularly hard to diagnose in the mild range of the disability. The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provides income support and medical benefits to individuals with cognitive limitations who experience significant problems in their ability to perform work and may therefore be in need of governmental support. Addressing the concern that SSA's current procedures are consistent with current scientific and professional practices, this book evaluates the process used by SSA to determine eligibility for these benefits. It examines the adequacy of the SSA definition of mental retardation and its current procedures for assessing intellectual capabilities, discusses adaptive behavior and its assessment, advises on ways to combine intellectual and adaptive assessment to provide a complete profile of an individual's capabilities, and clarifies ways to differentiate mental retardation from other conditions.
Author | : Jane R. Mercer |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2022-04-29 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0520358384 |
This eight-year study of an American city traces the answer to the question "Who is retarded?" by analyzing the labeling process in a large number of community agencies. Data for the study are drawn from a representative sample of 7,000 persons under fifty years of age who were tested ans screened for "symptoms" of mental retardation. The author finds that that schools label more persons as mentally retarded than any other agency and share their labels more widely with others in the community. Relying on IQ test scores for diagnosis, schools place many persons with scores above 70 and with no physical disabilities in the role of retardate. The author contends that both the statistical model of "normal" and the unicultural viewpoint of educators and clinicians work to the disadvantage of the poor and the ethnic minorities. Given the opportunity, many persons demonstrate by their ability to cope with the problems in other areas of life that they are not comprehensively incompetent. The author makes serval policy recommendations. First, she suggests lowering the IQ score cutoff point used by schools in determining who shall be labeled as retarded. Second, she recommends that the clinicians use the two-dimensional definition of retardation proposed by the American Association of Mental Deficiency, subnormality in both intellectual performance and adaptive behavior. Third, she concludes that pluralistic assessment procedures must be employed to take into account cultural biases in IQ tests designed to measure cognitive skills. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.
Author | : Robert B. Edgerton |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780520018990 |
Author | : Thomas Edward Jordan |
Publisher | : Merrill Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 648 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Gareth D. Thorne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Psychology |
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Author | : Elspeth Stephen |
Publisher | : Pergamon |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Residential Care for the Mentally Retarded is a collection of papers presented at the Symposium on Residential Care, organized by the Institute for Research into Mental Retardation, held in Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, England in November 1968.