Challenges in Mental Retardation / Gunnar Dybwad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dybwad, Gunnar, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1964]

Language Note:

In English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword

Preface

Contents

1. Mental Retardation

2. Are We Retarding the Retarded?

3. Early Childhood Education Is Essential to Handicapped Children

4. Group Approaches in Working with Parents of the Retarded: An Overview

5. Present-Day Concepts of Family Life and Parent-Child Relationships

6. Not All of One Mold

7. New Horizons in Residential Care of the Mentally Retarded

8. The Lost Years

9. The Team Approach in Daily Care and Management

10. Medical Needs of the Displaced Retarded Child

11. The Problem of Institutional Placement for High-Grade Mentally Defective Delinquents

12. Planning for the Retarded Delinquent

13. Rehabilitation for the Adult Retardate

14. Administrative and Legislative Problems in the Care of the Adult and Aged Mental Retardate

15. Developing Patterns for Aid to the Aging Retarded and Their Families

16. Income and Social Services for the Mentally Retarded: A Specialized Task for Social Welfare

17. Trends and Issues in Mental Retardation

18. Blueprints or Reality?

19. Community Organization for the Mentally Retarded

20. Cooperation Among Voluntary Health Organizations

21. The Role of Public and Voluntary Services in Prevention and Treatment

Appendix: Mobilizing for Action Around the World

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Sep 2020)

ISBN:

0-231-87949-0

OCLC:

1100435318