Mental Retardation Lesley Green Description Mental retardationintellectual disability
Mental Retardation Lesley Green
Description -Mental retardation(intellectual disability) is a disability that occurs to children under 18. -Develops slower than other kids. -Has trouble learning and functioning in life. -They could be 10 and not write or talk like a 10 year old. -It could be a major problem or mild. The major disability will have more trouble than someone who has a mild disability.
What cause this? The brain gets injured or it isn’t developing right. How this can happen is when the baby is growing inside his or her mom, during or after birth. Most doctors don’t know what causes this. Illness, infection, doesn’t get enough oxygen, born way too early, or gets brain infection.
Diagnostic Test Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, the Wechsler Intelligence Scales, the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, and the Kaufmann Assessment Battery for Children, for infants, the Bayley Scales of Infant Development is used to assess motor, language, and problem-solving skill. Parents and Certain people are being used to help with the child’s daily life, muscle control, communication, and social skills. The Woodcock-Johnson Scales of Independent Behavior and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale(VABS) are used to test these skills.
Teaching Strategies Break down learning task Hands on activity Provide Feedback Charts, graphs, pictures etc.
Websites http: //www. healthofchildren. com/M/Mental. Retardation. htmlhttps: // www. mentalhelp. net/articles/effective-teaching-methods-for-people -with-intellectual-disabilities/ http: //kidshealth. org/en/kids/mental-retardation. html? WT. ac=ctg#
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