DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

Understanding Mental Retardation

Edward Zigler author Robert M Hodapp author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:29th Aug '86

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Understanding Mental Retardation cover

Understanding Mental Retardation draws on our knowledge of normal development to inform their discussion of various aspects of retardation.

Understanding Mental Retardation constitutes a guide to research and theory for specialists and students alike. Throughout, Edward Zigler and Robert M. Hodapp draw on our knowledge of normal development to inform their discussion of various aspects of retardation.Understanding Mental Retardation constitutes a guide to research and theory for specialists and students alike. Throughout, Edward Zigler and Robert M. Hodapp draw on our knowledge of normal development to inform their discussion of various aspects of retardation. Two introductory chapters provide the developmental framework for this discussion. Topics addressed include issues of definition, classification, and prevalence; motivation and personality factors; intervention in the lives of organically and so-called familial retarded persons; the possibility of 'miracle cures'; and the problems of institutionalization and mainstreaming. The authors' clear presentation and judicious evaluation of the available evidence will attract the attention of a wide audience.

ISBN: 9780521318785

Dimensions: 227mm x 152mm x 15mm

Weight: 407g

306 pages