Mental Retardation in the Infant and Pre-school Child

Assessment and treatment of the child with mental retardation. Guidelines for the public school therapist.

Physical therapists employed in public schools may be responsible for the evaluation and treatment of not only physically handicapped children, but also children who have moderate to severe motor disabilities secondary to mental retardation. The purpose of this article is to suggest appropriate assessment and treatment techniques for these children. General principles of intervention based on n...

Effectiveness of Resiliency Training in Improving Mother-Child Relationship in Mothers of Children With Mental Retardation

Objectives: To investigate the effectiveness of resiliency training in improving the mother-child relationship between mothers and their children with mental retardation.  Methods: This study employed an experimental design (pre-test, post-test) with the control group. The statistical population consisted of 52 mothers and their educable and mentally retarded children (3-12 years old) who...

the relationship between academic self-concept and academic achievement in english and general subjects of the students of high school

according to research, academic self-concept and academic achievement are mutually interdependent. in the present study, the aim was to determine the relationship between the academic self-concept and the academic achievement of students in english as a foreign language and general subjects. the participants were 320 students studying in 4th grade of high school in three cities of noor, nowshah...

Assessment and Treatment of the Child with Mental Retardation

The Personality of the Pre-School Child

Throughout this book the emphasis is laid on the difference between the viewpoint of the young child, and that of the adult. The child explores the world not only to gain knowledge but also to differentiate himself from his environment, and all expressions of his personality are variations of the one theme: the child's search for his self. Behaviour in the young child similar to that of the adu...