Challenges in Mental Retardation

✍ Scribed by Gunnar Dybwad

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 300
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Contents
Part I. The Broad View
1. Mental Retardation
2. Are We Retarding the Retarded?
Part II. The Family and the Formative Years
3. Early Childhood Education Is Essential to Handicapped Children
4. Group Approaches in Working with Parents of the Retarded: An Overview
5. Present-Day Concepts of Family Life and Parent-Child Relationships
6. Not All of One Mold
Part III. The Child and the Adult in Residential Care
7. New Horizons in Residential Care of the Mentally Retarded
8. The Lost Years
9. The Team Approach in Daily Care and Management
10. Medical Needs of the Displaced Retarded Child
Part IV. The Retarded Youth in Social Conflict
11. The Problem of Institutional Placement for High-Grade Mentally Defective Delinquents
12. Planning for the Retarded Delinquent
Part V. The Retarded Adult
13. Rehabilitation for the Adult Retardate
14. Administrative and Legislative Problems in the Care of the Adult and Aged Mental Retardate
15. Developing Patterns for Aid to the Aging Retarded and Their Families
16. Income and Social Services for the Mentally Retarded: A Specialized Task for Social Welfare
Part VI. Organizing for the Future
17. Trends and Issues in Mental Retardation
18. Blueprints or Reality?
19. Community Organization for the Mentally Retarded
20. Cooperation Among Voluntary Health Organizations
21. The Role of Public and Voluntary Services in Prevention and Treatment
Appendix: Mobilizing for Action Around the World