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Special Education

Notes • Problems of Mentally retarded - having following types of problems:
(i) Physiological and mental development problems.
(ii) Adjustment problems in home, school and society.
(iii) Emotional problems in family, school and society.

14.6 Keywords
• Moderate : Not extreme
• Intellectual : Well educated or using person’s ability to think in a logical way.
• Significantly : In a way that is large or important enough to have an effect on something.

14.7 Review Questions

1. Give the identification of MR children.
2. What is psychometric approach?
3. What are the causes of mental retardation?
4. What are the categories of retardation given by Kirk?

Answers: Self Assessment
1. (i) Stanford Binet, Weschler intelligence scale
(ii) Adaptive behavior (iii) Educational assessment
(iv) PPVT
2. (i) (d) (ii) (b) (iii) (d)
3. (i) True (ii) False (iii) False (iv) False
(v) True

14.8 Further Readings

1. Special Education: Linda Wilmshurst, Ph.D., ABPP, Alan W. Brue, Ph.D., NCSP
2. Special Education : Laura Rothstein; Scott F.Johnson; Sage Publisher, Inc.

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