Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

VOLUME 32    NUMBER 3    SEPTEMBER 1997

 

 

Definitional Issues in Mental Retardation

    Mental Retardation as an Educational Construct: Time for a New Shared View?
    J. DAVID SMITH

    Developmental Principles of the Luckasson et al. (1992) AAMR Definition of Mental Retardation: A Retrospective
    EDWARD A. POLLOWAY

    Dead Manual Walking? Why the 1992 AAMR Definition Needs Redoing
    STEPHEN GREENSPAN

    Struggling with the Definitional Issue: A State Level Perspective
    STEVE MAURER

    Mental Retardation and the Neglected Construct of Motivation
    HARVEY N. SWITZKY

Quality of Life Issues in Social Skills Assessment of Persons with Disabilities
KEITH STOREY

Practitioner-Validated Secondary Transition Support Strategies
CAROLYN HUGHES
JIN-HO KIM
BOGSEON HWANG
DANIEL J. KILLIAN
GREGORY M. FISCHER
MELISSA L. BROCK
JOY C. GODSHALL
BRIDGET HOUSER

Caregivers as Teachers: Using Constant Time Delay to Teach Adults How to Use Constant Time Delay
MAUREEN E. WALL
DAVID L. GAST

Sex Education Programs for People with Intellectual Disability: How Effective Are They?
MICHELE A. WHITEHOUSE
MARITA P. MCCABE

Promoting Initiation of Community Leisure Participation for Adults with Mental Retardation
MARY ANN DEVINE
SHARON MALLEY
KATHLEEN SHELDON
JOHN DATTILO
DAVID L. GAST

The Impact of Deinstitutionalization on the Adaptive Behavior of Adults with Mental Retardation: A Meta-Analysis
PATRICIA S. LYNCH
J. THOMAS KELLOW
VICTOR L. WILLSON

Editor’s Comment: 
During the fifth MRDD Biannual Conference in Austin, Texas in October, 1996 a special session on definitional issues in mental retardation was held. The session was entitled "Mental Retardation As An Educational Construct: An Exploration." The presenters included Steve Greenspan, Steve Maurer, Edward Polloway, Dave Smith and Harvey Switzky. The session was moderated by Tom Smith and summarized by Jim Patton. After the session the MRDD Board of Directors passed a motion that the presentations be published in ETMRDD. The first five articles in this issue are edited versions of the presentations.

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