Education of Mentally Retarded - Methods
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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Sexual assault prevention for women with intellectual disabilities: a critical review of the evidence.

30 Jul 2009 Although research has indicated that women with intellectual disabilities are significantly burdened with sexual violence, there is a dearth of sexual assault prevention research for them. To help address this serious knowledge gap, the authors ... Read more...

People with intellectual disabilities as bloggers: what's social capital got to do with it anyway?

27 Feb 2009 The concept of social capital, the socially constructed category of intellectual disability and the social practice of blogging may appear initially to be unconnected. In this study we report on an attempt to link the three as we examine the ... Read more...

Teaching children generalized imitation skills: a case report.

27 Feb 2009 Generalized imitation plays an important role in the acquisition of new skills, in particular language and communication. In this case report a multiple exemplar training procedure, with an errorless learning phase, was used to teach Ben, a ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Education of Mentally Retarded - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Sexual assault prevention for women with intellectual disabilities: a critical review of the evidence. 30 Jul 2009
• People with intellectual disabilities as bloggers: what's social capital got to do with it anyway? 27 Feb 2009
• Teaching children generalized imitation skills: a case report. 27 Feb 2009
• Students with multiple disabilities using technology-based programs to choose and access stimulus events alone or with caregiver participation. 16 Nov 2008
• [Mental retardation and psychiatry] 15 Sep 2008
• Mountaineering expedition by persons with intellectual disability: impact on behavior and temperament. 30 Aug 2008
• Parental perceptions and practices of emergent literacy development in young children with Down syndrome: the development of intervention guidelines. 30 Dec 2007
• Perceptions of communication before and after a speech pathology intervention for an adult with intellectual disability. 29 Nov 2007
• Effect of computer game intervention on the attention capacity of mentally retarded children. 29 Sep 2007
• The effects of errorless learning and backward chaining on the acquisition of Internet skills in adults with developmental disabilities. 30 Dec 2006
• A 6-month follow-up of the effects of an information and communication technology (ICT) training programme on people with intellectual disabilities. 16 Sep 2006
• Assessing correspondence following acquisition of an exchange-based communication system. 18 Mar 2006
• Enabling students with multiple disabilities to request and choose among environmental stimuli through microswitch and computer technology. Mar 2006
• Effectiveness of individualized education program for slow learners. 30 Jan 2006
• [Liberating handicapped children from isolation] 30 Dec 2005
• A review of substance use research among those with mental retardation. 30 Dec 2005
• The effectiveness of picture-fading techniques in a multimedia learning system for teaching Chinese word recognition to students with multiple disabilities. 30 Aug 2005
• Factors affecting people with intellectual disabilities in learning to use computer technology. 30 May 2005
• Effects of synthetic speech output in the learning of graphic symbols of varied iconicity. 30 Oct 2004
• [A structured treatment and educational program for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, insulin therapy and impaired cognitive function (DikoL)] 13 Jun 2004

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Technical information about 'Education of Mentally Retarded'

Definition: The teaching or training of those individuals with subnormal intellectual functioning.

Descriptor UI: D004495

Alternative terms: Education of Mentally Retarded; Mentally Retarded Education; Education of Mentally Defective; Mentally Defective Education; Education, Mentally Retarded;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F02.784.629.375; I02.233.213.400;

Online Note: use EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED to search EDUCATION OF MENTALLY DEFECTIVE 1966

History Note: 67; was EDUCATION OF MENTALLY DEFECTIVE 1963-66

Technical Notes: IM