| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 540 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-508) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Foundations -- Definition of mental retardation -- Classification of mental retardation -- Assessment and diagnosis -- Assessment of social functioning -- Behavioral assessment -- Assessment of quality of life -- Prevention and treatment -- Parent training -- Sexuality and sexual development -- The mentally retarded offender -- Counseling and psychotherapy -- Service delivery -- Professional advocacy and legal issues -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
[This manual] is a consolidated source of major findings from psychological research and practice in the field of mental retardation. It offers a precise and scientifically based definition of mental retardation, discusses the epidemiology of mental retardation and its effect on intellectual, adaptive, and psychosocial functioning and behavior, and provides guidelines for recognizing and classifying mental retardation within the context of a comprehensive, differential assessment and diagnostic process. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Form |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Ovid PsycBooks. |
| Issued By |
Made available through: American Psychological Association's PsyBooks Collection. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Intellectual disability -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Intellectual Disability -- Handbooks.
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| Added Author |
Jacobson, John W.
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Mulick, James A. (James Anton), 1948-
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American Psychological Association. Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.
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American Psychological Association.
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| Added Title |
Mental retardation |
| Other Form: |
Manual of diagnosis and professional practice in mental retardation (print) (DLC) 95053053 (OCoLC)34080140 |
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