The mentally retarded child : a psychological approach /
Nancy M. Robinson and Halbert B. Robinson
- Second Edition.
- New York : McGraw Hill Education, c1976
- xvi, 592 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I : Introduction -- Part II : Etiology, symptom groupings, and psychological development -- Part III : Cognition, learning, and memory -- Part IV : Professional practice : psychodiagnosis, education, and psychotherapy -- Part V : Practical problems of retarded individuals and their families.
Programs providing prevention, diagnosis, education, medical treatment and therapies of many kinds, community residential care, financial aid, vocational rehabilitation, employment and recreation have been undertaken by many private and government groups.