Issues in the Developmental Approach to Mental Retardation

This book is exclusively devoted to applying the theories, findings and approaches used in work with non-retarded children to several types of retarded individuals.

List of contents

Preface; 1. The developmental perspective in the field of mental retardation Robert M. Hodapp, Jacob A. Burack and Edward Zigler; 2. Differentiating mental retardation: the two-group approach and beyond Jacob A. Burack; 3. One road or many? Issues in the similar sequence hypothesis Robert M. Hodapp; 4. The similar-structure hypothesis and differential rate of development in mental retardation Peter Munday and Connie Kasari; 5. Neo-environmental perspectives on developmental theory Arnold Sameroff; 6. The role of motivational factors in the functioning of mentally retarded individuals Joseph Merighi, Mark Edison and Edward Zigler; 7. Cultural-familial mental retardation: a developmental perspective on cognitive performance and 'helpless' behavior John R. Weisz; 8. The organization and coherence of developmental processes in infants and children with Down syndrome Dante Cicchetti and Jody Ganiban; 9. Developmental issues in fragile X syndrome Elisabeth Dykens and James Leckman; 10. Deviance and developmental approaches in the study of autism Fred R. Volkmar, Jacob A. Burack and Donald J. Cohen; 11. The issues of multiple pathways in the development of handicapped children Claire B. Kopp and Susan L. Recchia; 12. Summing up and going forward: new directions in the developmental approach to mental retardation Robert M. Hodapp, Jacob A. Burack and Edward Zigler.

Summary

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 non-retarded 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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Jacob A. Burack (Editor), Burack Jacob A. (Editor), Robert M. Hodapp (Editor), Hodapp Robert M. (Editor), Edward Zigler (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.04.1990
• EAN: 9780521346191
• ISBN: 978-0-521-34619-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 632 g
• Illustrations: 9 b/w illus. 7 tables, Zeichnungen, nicht spezifiziert, Tabellen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, MEDICAL / Neurology, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Abnormal psychology, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology