Although the interaction between parents and their handicapped child is beyond the scope of the present paper, it has been described that parents of
mentally retarded children report higher depression scores than control parents [54], and that caregiving difficulty is a predictor of maternal depression [55].
Reiter, S. and Bryen, D.N. (1991) Promoting social competence: Implications of work with
mentally retarded children and adults in residential settings.
Following the passage of the «Graduate Fellowship Program for the Preparation of Leadership Personnel in the Education of
Mentally Retarded Children — PL 85 926 in 1958, the number of programs to prepare researchers and special education teacher educators began to expand.
We do not ask the teacher of
mentally retarded children or the learning disabilities specialist to curtail badly needed individual instruction with severely handicapped children so that she can «bring out the hidden disabilities in all children.»
Stephen E. Breuning, a prominent researcher in the area of drug - treatment practices for
mentally retarded children, has been indicted for falsifying research.
In the 1980s, psychologist Stephen Breuning published results from fictitious «trials» of tranquilizers; his findings informed the clinical practices for treating
mentally retarded children.
• Encourage clergy to give sermons that highlight the dignity of all people, including
mentally retarded children and adults.
There are between five and six million
mentally retarded children and adults in our country — approximately three percent of the population.
Mrs. Max A. Murray, «Needs of Parents of
Mentally Retarded Children,» American Journal of Mental Deficiency (May 1959), p. 1084.
The words of the parents of
a mentally retarded child.
In the ethical version of the argument from cruelty, animal activists argue that humans have no more right to inflict suffering or pain on a sentient being, such as a raccoon, than they would have a right to inflict pain on
a mentally retarded child.
[37] In the ethical version of the argument from cruelty, animal activists argue that humans have no more right to inflict suffering or pain on a sentient being, such as a raccoon, than they would have a right to inflict pain on
a mentally retarded child.
And I told my brother, I just didn't know that God was going to give me an Autistic and
Mentally Retarded child.
She left behind a 15 - year - old autistic and
mentally retarded child who needs round - the - clock care.
Not exact matches
(Ibid., p. 16) The rate of mental growth can be accelerated among the
children who are
mentally retarded because of cultural deprivation.
In some slum areas ten to thirty percent of the school - age
children are
mentally or culturally
retarded.
We all know that more people are more skillfully tortured than ever before, that more people starve and that more
children in the Third World become
mentally retarded due to lack of protein.
Essentially they are the ones who are not strong enough to be advocates for themselves: prisoners, very old and very poor people, household workers, most people who live in Third World countries,
retarded children and adults, schoolchildren, immigrants, farm workers, unemployed persons, the institutionalized
mentally ill, sometimes women, sometimes gays.
There is a reluctance on the part of teachers to label a
child «
mentally retarded» or «emotionally disturbed.»
It's lucky she survived and her
child barely survived, however, because of the midwife's poor training he was deprived oxygen to the brain for a while... meaning he is
mentally retarded DESPITE how during her entire pregnancy there was absolutely NO threat [he was a healthy fetus and she didn't smoke, drink or eat a bunch of shit].
You right wing nut bars are
retarded mentally ill
children.
I don't know why Williams always insists on playing
mentally disabled men -
children, but to be fair, I confess that I may have mistaken a few of his «straight» turns for
retarded janitor turns along the way.
Most pronounced is the dramatic overrepresentation of African - American male
children labeled «
mentally retarded» and «emotionally disturbed» compared to whites, as well as other minorities.
The Clinton Administration, signaling it will take a strong stand in controversies involving disabled students» desires to be educated with other
children, has joined in a California lawsuit involving a
mentally retarded girl who wants to attend her neighborhood school.
Jarron Draper v. Atlanta Independent School System (N.D. GA 2007)- School district misdiagnosed a dyslexic
child as
mentally retarded, placed him in self - contained program for years, he did not learn to read.
Section 164.512 (c) establishes conditions for disclosure of protected health information in cases involving domestic violence other than
child abuse (e.g., spousal abuse), as well as those involving abuse or neglect (e.g., abuse of nursing home residents or residents of facilities for the
mentally retarded).
For more information on these programs, see Stuart Kerachsky and others, The Impacts of Transitional Employment for
Mentally Retarded Young Adults (New York: MDRC, 1985); MST Services, Multisystemic Therapy at a Glance (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.: MST Services, 2005); Julia Littell, «Lessons from a Systematic Review of Effects of Multisystemic Therapy,» in
Children and Youth Services Review 27 (2005).