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Disorders: Child and Adolescent: Mental Retardation
See also:
- American Association on Mental Retardation - Promotes global development and dissemination of progressive policies, research, effective practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual disabilities.
- Arc of Chester County - Empowering individuals with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities and their families.
- Best Buddies International, Inc. - Enhances the lives of people with mental retardation by providing opportunities for socialization and employment. Site describes programs and gives contact information.
- Children Who Are Mentally Retarded - From the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, this defines what mental retardation means and how children are thriving in our communities today.
- Death Penalty and Mental Retardation in the U.S.A. - Since the U.S. death penalty was reinstated in 1976, at least thirty-five people with MR have been executed in the United States. They cannot understand fully what they did wrong. Many cannot even comprehend the punishment that awaits them.
- Down Home Ranch - Working farm and ranch for those with mental handicaps.
- The Family Village - Cognitive Disability / Mental Retardation - Directory of contact information for organizations and links to information.
- Greene County Board of Mental Retardation - A description of the programs and services available through the Greene County, Ohio, Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
- Help Foundation - Serves children and adults with mental retardation and developmental disabilities in northeast Ohio - care, education, and housing.
- International Order of Alhambra - A fraternal order of Catholic men dedicated to assisting persons developmentally disabled by mental retardation.
- It's OK to Be Different - Highlights some of the ways students with multiple disabilities and mental retardation are taught. Includes informational links to some of the conditions the students in this class possess.
- Jablonski's Multiple Congenital Anomaly/Mental Retardation Syndromes - Database of structured descriptions of congenital abnormalities associated with mental retardation.
- MedlinePlus: Mental retardation - Summary and links to information on causes.
- Mental Retardation: A Symptom and a Syndrome - Full text of a paper published in the "Comprehensive Textbook of Child and Adolescent Disorders".
- Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews - Journal information, table of contents, and online order form.
- Mental Retardation and Psychiatry - Links to articles from psychiatric journals.
- Mental Retardation Fact Sheet - Definition, teaching tips, and contact information from the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities.
- National Association of QMRPs (NAQ) - Resource for research, networking, and addressing issues that concern Qualified Mental Retardation Professionals (also known as Case Managers).
- President's Committee on Mental Retardation - The PCMR acts in an advisory capacity to the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on matters relating to programs and services for persons with mental retardation.
- Psychiatric Assessment of the Person With Mental Retardation - Full text of a paper published in the Psychiatric Annals 27:3/March 1997.
- UVa Special Education: Resources on Mental Retardation - Definition with links to resources.
Last update: 7:47 PT, Monday, March 31, 2008
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