Mental Retardation and Mental Health
Mental Retardation and Mental Health

Author: Jack A. Stark

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-09-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781461283379

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In late 1985, The President's Committee on Mental Retardation (PCMR) spon sored a National Strategy Conference on Mental Retardation and Mental Health in Washington, D.C. The purpose of this conference was to bring together our nation's leadership in the fields of mental retardation and mental health in order to delineate the state of the art relative to the diagnosis, care, and treatment of citizens with mental retardation/mental illness, as well as to chart a national course for the support and integration of citizens with these challenging needs into the confluence of family and community life. The President's Committee on Mental Retardation recognized that citizens with these needs constitute one of the most underserved and, at times, forgotten segments of the population. With this in mind, the PCMR called together govern mental, professional, and parental representatives from across the nation to define the nature and extent of the problem, programs, and services that promise hope for substantive improvement in the quality of life of citizens with mental retardation/mental illness.

Index of NLM Serial Titles
Index of NLM Serial Titles

Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 1118

ISBN-13:

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A keyword listing of serial titles currently received by the National Library of Medicine.

Educating Children with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties
Educating Children with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties

Author: Jean Ware

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-09-03

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 042994666X

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First published in 1994. The authors of this book aim to make recent developments in psychological research accessible to teachers of pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties. The authors present their own and related research in the areas of assessment, curriculum, and teaching techniques, taking care to point out the range, relevance and limitations of findings in the context of pupils with PMLDs. As this is an area of acute training need, the book will meet a real need for a broad current perspective on good practice. The needs of pupils at primary and secondary levels are considered and case studies are used to exemplify some of the challenges and approaches discussed.

Working Bibliography on Behavioral and Emotional Disorders and Assessment Instruments in Mental Retardation
Working Bibliography on Behavioral and Emotional Disorders and Assessment Instruments in Mental Retardation

Author: Michael G. Aman

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1996-02

Total Pages: 45

ISBN-13: 078812739X

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Includes over 500 citations from the early 1970s through the 1980s. All publications that addressed mental retardation in conjunction with a behavioral, psychiatric, or emotional disorder were included. In addition, reports that described, or provided critiques of such instruments, for assessing psychopathology or behavioral disorders in mental retardation were also included. Emphasis is on the description, assessment, and epidemiology of psychiatric, behavior, or emotional problems in mentally retarded persons rather than on the treatment of such persons.

Community Occupational Therapy with Mentally Handicapped Adults
Community Occupational Therapy with Mentally Handicapped Adults

Author: Debbie Isaac

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-12-20

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1489933441

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The philosophy of normalization and promotion of the plight of children and adults with mental handicaps has drawn more public attention in recent years. Governments in a number of countries have embarked upon policies involving the dosure of institutions, move ment of people with mental handicaps back into the community, and development of community-orientated programmes, although their reasons for this may be economically, rather than ideologically, motivated. Occupational therapists have moved into the community, along with other health professionals, in order to set up community services for people with mental handicaps. My own experience of working in a multidisciplinary team in Central London for 2V2 years, helping adults with mental handicaps to move out of an institution, has been a source of motivation to write this book. The amount of written material available on the occupational therapy approach to re settlement and de institutionalization is limited, in comparison with the massive amount of information written by, and for, other practitioners. Additionally, the number of texts written by and for occupational therapists with this dient group are few. Despite excellent support from OT colleagues, I experienced considerable frustration trying to define and perform my role, not helped by a shortage of texts to draw on.

Services for People with Learning Disabilities
Services for People with Learning Disabilities

Author: Nigel Malin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-11-01

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1134857748

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Services for People with Learning Disabilities provides a broad review of available services for people with learning disabilities. It describes the present network of services and explains the NHS and Community Care Act (1990) in terminoloy accessible to health care professionals and others engaged in this area. It looks in detail at the concepts underpinning new legislation, including care-management and assessment, quality and inspection, and inter-agency planning, and it supplies up-to-date information on current topics such as advocacy and empowerment, and recreation and leisure. An invaluable resource for all practitioners in health and community care, Services for People with Learning Disabilities will also give professionals and carers a much greater understanding of the changes and improvements that are still needed.