This article describes the development and use of a formal training tool for restoration of competency in clients with mental retardation who are incompetent to stand trial. The program was developed at Eleanor Slater Hospital within the Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals. This article describes the development of The Slater Method, the training tool format, the...

to evaluate the efficacy of vineland adaptive behavior scales in iranian population, this scale was applied to 360 normal subjects in 15 age groups from birth to 18 years and 11 months. in urban and rural areas of kerman. it was also filled for 40 mentally retarded individuals from variuos age groups. findings show that all domains of this scale have significant reliability for iranian populati...

objectives: the vineland adaptive behavior scale-ii is useful in assessing an individual’s daily functioning. they can be used as an evaluation and diagnostic tool for individuals who are mentally retarded or individuals with other handicaps. methods: to determine the efficacy of vabs in clinical settings, 3 cases with mental retardation and behavioral or emotional problems were evaluated accor...

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 were ...

purpose: this study aimed to investigate the effect of sports activities on behavioral-emotional problems of students with intellectual disability. methods: research method was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design and the control group. the study population consisted of all students with intellectual disability in farashband city, iran who were studying in 2013. the sample comprised ...

background: special care needs of mentally retarded children can affect the mental health of the mother. the purpose of this study was the efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (mbct) on reducing depression and increasing life expectancy of mothers with mentally retarded children. methods: this study was a two group quasi-experimental plan with pre and post test. the population has fo...

introduction hypothyroidism is the most common endocrine disorder in children and presented with various sign and symptoms; its diagnosis needs a high index of suspicion. case presentation we report 3 cases with unusual presentations of hypothyroidism and with delay in diagnosis that referred to pediatric endocrine outpatient clinic in mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran with ...

objective: fragile x syndrome is the second etiology for inherited mental retardation. it may concomitant with other psychiatric disorders. intellectual disability (id) is a state of functioning that typically begins in childhood and is characterized by limitations in intelligence and adaptive skills. we intend to introduce a male young patient with fragile x syndrome and obsessive-compulsive d...

Mental retardation affects nearly 3 % of the population. The causes of these disorders are various and are often not identified. Recent advances focused on the molecular basis of mental retardation. Nearly half of mental retardation syndromes have a genetic origin and the description of molecular, cytogenetic and metabolic alterations in these disorders led to the development of diagnostic tool...