Education of the Slow-learning Child
Education of the Slow-learning Child

Author: Christine Porter Ingram

Publisher:

Published: 1960

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13:

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This book presents educational programs designed to discover and develop the assets of a wide range of mentally retarded or slow-learning children. It begins with an examination of the needs and potentialities of the mentally retarded and the problems that teachers, parents, and members of the community face in providing programs of special education for these children. It discusses in detail the methods and techniques of meeting these problems, with a focus on understanding and aiding the retarded child to grow and develop in a wholesome educational environment. Primarily designed for special education teachers and administrators, this volume can also serve as a guide for the general school administrator, elementary or secondary school teacher, school psychologists, social workers, parents, and civic leaders concerned with the education and social adjustment of the mentally retarded child.

Placing Children in Special Education
Placing Children in Special Education

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1982-02-01

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 0309032474

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The document contains the final report of a project to determine the factors that account for disproportionate representation of minority students in special education programs, especially programs for mentally retarded students; and to identify placement criteria for practices that do not affect minority students disproportionately. Chapter 1 looks at six potential causes of disproportionate placement of minorities in educable mentally retarded (EMR) programs: legal and administrative requirements, characteristics of students, quality of the instruction received, possible biases in the assessment process, characteristics of the home and family environment, and broader historical and cultural contexts. Chapter 2 describes characteristics of EMR students, then reviews the historical origins of special education in America with attention to the role of the standardized intelligence test for identification and placement of mentally retarded students. A third chapter is split into two sections--one on the issues surrounding the instruments that comprise a comprehensive battery for assessing a child who is unable to learn normally in the classroom, and the other on an ideal assessment process in which the comprehensive assessment would be embedded. Chapter 4 considers the components of effective education programs for EMR students and reviews three approaches to instruction (the separate class structure, the resource room, and the teacher consultant model). A final chapter lists recommendations for improvements in special education referral, assessment, and placement procedures and instructional practices. More than half the document is comprised of six background papers with the following titles and authors: "Biological and Social Factors Contributing to Mild Mental Retardation" (J. Shonkoff); "Classifying Mentally Retarded Students--A Review of Placement Practices in Special Education" (W. Bickel); "Testing in Educational Placement--Issues and Evidence" (J. Travers); "Effects of Special Education Placement on Educable Mentally Retarded Children" (K. Heller); "Some Potential Incentives of Special Education Funding Practices" (S. Magnetti); and "Patterns in Special Education Placement as Revealed by the OCR Survey" (J. Finn). (SB)

Mental Retardation
Mental Retardation

Author: G. Lokanadha Reddy

Publisher: Discovery Publishing House

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9788171417865

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The authors of this book have taken great efforts to present the content in a well structured and organized manner starting from the concept of mental retardation to identification and intervention. The concept of mental retardation, factors, causes and characteristics associated with mental retardation are delineated in detail in the first, and second chapters. Different tests in identification and assessment of general intelligence, adaptive behaviour, specific abilities and deficits are given in the third chapter. The fourth chapter provide the required education and training programmes for different categories of children with mental retardation. In the fifth chapter, the ways and means of developing social competence for mentally retarded are clearly explained in the background of learning theory and developmental theory perspectives. The last chapter focuses on career education, vocational rehabilitation and counseling services. The different career education modesl in special education and instructional approaches are explained apart from the counseling services for parents, peer group and community. Different tests in the assessment of intelligence, adaptive behaviour, specific abilities and deficits and developmental screening aspects of children with their instructions and norms are provided in Appendices.