Mental Retardation (MR) Haythem Abdelli‚ L1 G2B Subject: Mentally retarded Person A mentally retarded person has a bad and an abnormal behavior and also insufficiency in his intellectual and psychism. Mental disability (traditionally called mental retardation) is a generalized disorder seen before adulthood‚ characterized by a deficit and cognitive dysfunction in two or more adaptive functioning. It is historically defined as having a score of 70 in intelligence
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Mental retardation is a term used when a person has certain limitations in mental functioning and in skills such as: communicating‚ taking care of him or herself‚ and social skills. These limitations will cause a child to learn and develop more slowly than a typical child. Children with this disability may take longer to learn to speak‚ walk‚ and take care of their personal needs such as dressing or eating. It is likely that they will to have trouble learning in school‚ but they will learn. It just
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American Association on Mental Retardation‚ Mental Retardation: Definition‚ Classification‚ and Systems of Support (1992). The definition of mental retardation is the below average level of intellectual functioning‚ usually defined by an IQ of below 70 to 75‚ combined with limitations in the skills necessary for daily living. Daily living skills include such things as communication‚ the ability to care for oneself‚ and the ability to work. The definition of mental retardation has evolved over the years
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Reading and Students with Mental Retardation Reading proficiency is considered a top priority in education‚ and a skill with myriad implications for learning and achievement in other areas. Yet in the past‚ literacy rarely has been emphasized for students with mental retardation. With interventions that recognize the importance of literacy for all students‚ students with mental retardation can build reading skills that can lead to new interests‚ increased competencies‚ and greater independence
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Evaluating Mental Retardation The history of mental retardation originated during the era of therapeutic papyri of Thebes‚ Egypt (Biasini‚ Bray‚ Grupe‚ & Huffman). Although the concept was unclear‚ because of complications in translation‚ these documents evidently refer to psychological and biological disabilities due to damages of the brain (Biasini). Those assumed to posses these developmental disabilities were habitually victims of infanticide and homicide. The se outcasts were often sold
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Mild Mental Retardation Speech and Language Disorders Introduction: Mild mental retardation is a lifelong disability that limits both the intellectual function and the adaptive behavior during the period of development. It first appears in children under the age of 18 and occurs in 2.5-3% of the population. There are a number of factors that cause mental retardation and most of the causes are chromosomal‚ metabolic and environmental. Symptoms appear once the child is born and later in childhood
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Introduction Mental retardation is a condition characterized by limitations in performance that result from significant impairments in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior‚ expressed as abnormal conceptual‚ social‚ and adaptive skills that occurs before age 18. Mental retardation can occur in any family and cuts across all racial‚ educational‚ social and economic backgrounds. The degree of impairment can be divided into mild (IQ 50- 70)‚ moderate (IQ 35-50)‚ and severe (IQ 20-35). Mental retardation
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could be a physical cause for mental disorders. Soon Sigmund Freud came along and he and his followers showed that mental illness can be a function of environmental factors. But even after these alternative ways of viewing and understanding mental illness‚ along with the new scientific advances‚ the general public at this time period in the early 1900’s still had no real
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Causes of Mental Retardation in Children Nowadays‚ although many women prefer to focus on their jobs rather than give birth to children‚ but some young mother agree that it is a life-changing experience. Giving birth to a child is the most significant event in the life of almost any woman. It is undeniable that a good looking and healthy child is the most valued living being for every mother. However‚ unfortunately‚ some children are born with different deviations‚ both physically and mentally
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix F Autism and Mental Retardation Respond to the following: 1. List the primary features of autism. Extremely unresponsive‚ uncommunicative‚ repetitive‚ rigid‚ changing events that the child is use to doing on a daily basis can result in an outburst where he or she becomes angry and very confused‚ loud noises can cause an outburst as well for some 2. Which explanation for autism is no longer considered valid and lacks research support? The sociocultural
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