Mental Retardation in the Year 2000

Mental Retardation in the Year 2000 edited by Louis Rowitz.

When you look at the advances in the field of mental retardation over the past 30 years, it is hard to imagine that more change is inevitable. Yet, I think back to the time when, early in his presidency, President Kennedy called together the brightest scientists, researchers, doctors, and educators...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Rowitz, Louis (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1992.
Edition:1st ed. 1992.
Series:Disorders of Human Learning, Behavior, and Communication
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Psychology.
Psychiatry.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • 1 Mental Retardation in the Year 2000
  • 1 Trends on Conceptual Issues
  • 2 The Impact of Changing Paradigms of Disability on Mental Retardation in the Year 2000
  • 3 Ethics and Mental Retardation: Steps Toward the Ethics of Community
  • 4 Quality of Life and Quality of Care in Mental Retardation
  • 2 Trends on Family and Life Course
  • 5 Increasing Knowledge on Family Issues: A Research Agenda for 2000
  • 6 Family Caregiving Across the Full Life Span
  • 7 Adolescence and Community Adjustment
  • 8 Lifelong Disability and Aging
  • 3 Trends on Health and Service
  • 9 HIV Infection and Mental Retardation
  • 10 Prevention of Mental Retardation (Genetics)
  • 11 Mental Retardation and Mental Illness in the Year 2000: Issues and Trends
  • 12 Expansion of the Health-Care Delivery System
  • 13 Policy and Program Development for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities
  • 14 The Changing Face of Residential Services
  • 4 Trends on Service and Policy Issues
  • 15 Critical Issues in Planning Vocational Services in the 1990s
  • 16 A Brief Look at Technology and Mental Retardation in the 21st Century
  • 17 Beyond Benevolence: Legal Protection for Persons With Special Needs
  • 18 Staffing Issues in the Early 21st Century: Labor Supply, Program Models, and Technology
  • 19 Fiscal and Demographic Trends in Mental Retardation Services: The Emergence of the Family
  • 20 Future of National Data Bases
  • Epilogue
  • 21 Predictions for the 1990s and Beyond
  • Author Index.

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