Intellectual disability : understanding its development, causes, classification, evaluation, and treatment /
Provides professionals with information on mental retardation disabilities. This work reviews various types of intellectual disabilities, discusses approaches to classification, diagnosis, and appropriate interventions, and provides information on resources that may offer additional help.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780198039785 0198039786 1423777522 9781423777526 1280533072 9781280533075 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Origins, changing concepts, and legal safeguards
- The classification of intellectual disability
- Epidemiology: who is affected?
- Etiology and assessment
- Understanding and evaluating emotional and behavioral impairment
- Genetics, behavior, and behavioral phenotypes
- A lifespan developmental approach
- Family, behavioral, interpersonal, psychoeducational, pharmacologic and community interventions
- Ethics and spirituality.