Culture And Retardation
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Culture And Retardation
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Author : L.L. Langness
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Culture And Retardation written by L.L. Langness and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Social Science categories.
Mental retardation in the United States is currently defined as " ... signif icantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior, and manifested during the development period" (Grossman, 1977). Of the estimated six million plus mentally retarded individuals in this country fully 75 to 85% are considered to be "func tionally" retarded (Edgerton, 1984). That is, they are mildly retarded persons with no evident organic etiology or demonstrable brain pathology. Despite the relatively recent addition of adaptive behavior as a factor in the definition of retardation, 1.0. still remains as the essential diagnostic criterion (Edgerton, 1984: 26). An 1.0. below 70 indicates subaverage functioning. However, even such an "objective" measure as 1.0. is prob lematic since a variety of data indicate quite clearly that cultural and social factors are at play in decisions about who is to be considered "retarded" (Edgerton, 1968; Kamin, 1974; Langness, 1982). Thus, it has been known for quite some time that there is a close relationship between socio-economic status and the prevalence of mild mental retardation: higher socio-economic groups have fewer mildly retarded persons than lower groups (Hurley, 1969). Similarly, it is clear that ethnic minorities in the United States - Blacks, Mexican-Americans, American Indians, Puerto Ricans, Hawaiians, and others - are disproportionately represented in the retarded population (Mercer, 1968; Ramey et ai., 1978).
Issues In The Developmental Approach To Mental Retardation
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Author : Robert M. Hodapp
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1995-01-27
Issues In The Developmental Approach To Mental Retardation written by Robert M. Hodapp and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-27 with Psychology categories.
Issues in the Developmental Approach to Mental Retardation is one of the first books exclusively devoted to applying the theories, findings and approaches used in work with nonretarded children to several types of retarded individuals. The editors and contributors define the developmental approach and explore theoretical issues as they relate to retarded populations. Problems involving similar sequences of development, cross-domain relations, the environment, and motivation are all discussed, as is the importance of separating the various etiological groups for research and intervention purposes. The contributors also examine the nature of development in specific etiological groups; types of retardation that are addressed include: cultural-familial retardation, Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome, autism, and children with sensory and motor handicaps. This significant volume demonstrates how data from nonretarded development can inform work with retarded populations and how findings from children with mental retardation enrich developmental theory.
Questions Of Competence
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Author : Richard Jenkins
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998
Questions Of Competence written by Richard Jenkins and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
This book offers a conceptualisation of intellectual disability emphasising its cultural variability and social construction.
The Cultural Construction Of Mental Retardation
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Author : Catherine Anne Moore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
The Cultural Construction Of Mental Retardation written by Catherine Anne Moore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Mental retardation categories.
Opportunity House
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Author : Michael V. Angrosino
language : en
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Release Date : 1998
Opportunity House written by Michael V. Angrosino and has been published by Rowman Altamira this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Fiction categories.
Michael Angrosino, by weaving together a life-histories approach to ethnography and a completely new concept of culture, is able to present an intimate and complex picture of Opportunity House, a highly functional community of mentally-retarded adults.
Year 2000 And Mental Retardation
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Author : Stanley C. Plog
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-03-09
Year 2000 And Mental Retardation written by Stanley C. Plog and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-09 with Psychology categories.
The future is exciting-frightening-and demanding! As social and eco nomic change accelerates at an ever-increasing rate, we look with awe and wonder at the way in which unanticipated events impact on our lives and change the way we live. We are also frightened about how well we will adapt to the demands of a world that may be structured quite differently from the familiar environment of today. If we are to handle our own futures with some degree of skill and adap tiveness, we need to begin planning today for the dawn of the next century. Otherwise, we may find that events have overrun our capacity to cope. Those of us in the social and helping sectors of the economy have a responsibility for the future welfare of persons who are less able to look out for their own needs or to protect themselves from the vagaries of economic fluctuations or major dislocations in the social fabric of the land. The President's Committee on Mental Retardation is proud of its deci sion to look at the year 2000 and its impact on the mentally retarded. Our goals were straightforward-to understand how unfolding events can affect the lives of the mentally retarded, for good or ill, a generation from now.
Sexuality In The Culture And Talk Of Women With Mental Retardation
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Author : Donna J. Bernert
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Sexuality In The Culture And Talk Of Women With Mental Retardation written by Donna J. Bernert and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.
Labeling The Mentally Retarded
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Author : Jane R. Mercer
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-11-10
Labeling The Mentally Retarded written by Jane R. Mercer and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-10 with Psychology categories.
This eight-year study of an American city traces the answer to the question "Who is retarded?" by analyzing the labeling process in a large number of community agencies. Data for the study are drawn from a representative sample of 7,000 persons under fifty years of age who were tested ans screened for "symptoms" of mental retardation. The author finds that that schools label more persons as mentally retarded than any other agency and share their labels more widely with others in the community. Relying on IQ test scores for diagnosis, schools place many persons with scores above 70 and with no physical disabilities in the role of retardate. The author contends that both the statistical model of "normal" and the unicultural viewpoint of educators and clinicians work to the disadvantage of the poor and the ethnic minorities. Given the opportunity, many persons demonstrate by their ability to cope with the problems in other areas of life that they are not comprehensively incompetent. The author makes serval policy recommendations. First, she suggests lowering the IQ score cutoff point used by schools in determining who shall be labeled as retarded. Second, she recommends that the clinicians use the two-dimensional definition of retardation proposed by the American Association of Mental Deficiency, subnormality in both intellectual performance and adaptive behavior. Third, she concludes that pluralistic assessment procedures must be employed to take into account cultural biases in IQ tests designed to measure cognitive skills. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.
Mental Retardation
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Author : Bernard Farber
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Mental Retardation written by Bernard Farber and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Intellectual disability categories.
Diagnostic Cultural And Remedial Factors In Mental Retardation
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Author : Samuel Alexander Kirk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Diagnostic Cultural And Remedial Factors In Mental Retardation written by Samuel Alexander Kirk and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with categories.