Issues in the Developmental Approach to Mental Retardation

by Robert M. Hodapp, Jacob A. Burack, Edward Zigler

Overview

Issues in the Developmental Approach to Mental Retardation is one of the first books exclusively devoted to applying the theories, findings and approaches used in work with nonretarded children to several types of retarded individuals. It defines the developmental approach and explores theoretical issues as they relate to retarded populations. Problems involving similar sequences of development, cross-domain relations, the environment, and motivation are all discussed, as is the importance of separating the various etiological groups for research and intervention purposes. This book will be of interest to professionals in the fields of psychology, mental retardation and atypical development. It is also suitable for upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level courses in mental retardation, developmental psychology and developmental disabilities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521346191
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/27/1990
Pages:	354
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.98(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. The developmental perspective in the field of mental retardation Robert M. Hodapp, Jacob A. Burack and Edward Zigler; 2. Differentiating mental retardation: the two-group approach and beyond Jacob A. Burack; 3. One road or many? Issues in the similar sequence hypothesis Robert M. Hodapp; 4. The similar-structure hypothesis and differential rate of development in mental retardation Peter Munday and Connie Kasari; 5. Neo-environmental perspectives on developmental theory Arnold Sameroff; 6. The role of motivational factors in the functioning of mentally retarded individuals Joseph Merighi, Mark Edison and Edward Zigler; 7. Cultural-familial mental retardation: a developmental perspective on cognitive performance and 'helpless' behavior John R. Weisz; 8. The organization and coherence of developmental processes in infants and children with Down syndrome Dante Cicchetti and Jody Ganiban; 9. Developmental issues in fragile X syndrome Elisabeth Dykens and James Leckman; 10. Deviance and developmental approaches in the study of autism Fred R. Volkmar, Jacob A. Burack and Donald J. Cohen; 11. The issues of multiple pathways in the development of handicapped children Claire B. Kopp and Susan L. Recchia; 12. Summing up and going forward: new directions in the developmental approach to mental retardation Robert M. Hodapp, Jacob A. Burack and Edward Zigler.

Editorial Reviews

"...a solid book that has capsulized the significance of the developmental perspective and how data from the development of individuals without mental retardation can be used to guide work with the mentally retarded population. This feature of the book is further enchanced by a perspective that shows how research from children with mental retardation can also enrich developmental theory. This is a book of only strengths!" Mental Retardation

"...this book is directed primarily at researchers in the field of mental retardation and secondarily at those interested in normal development. Both of these groups should read this book....After reading it, I am even more convinced that developmental theory will both benefit persons with mental retardation and learn from them." James V. Kahn, American Journal of Mental Retardation

"Before reading this volume, I believed that developmental psychologists could learn a great deal from the study of persons with mental retardation and that the field of mental retardation could learn a great deal from the study of development. After reading it, I am even more convinced that developmental theory will both benefit persons with mental retardation and learn from them." American Journal of Mental Retardation

"...the editors achieve their purpose with a text that is must reading for graduate students and professionals in developmental psychology and special education who are willing to 'get their hands in the dirt' of scholarly efforts toward an explanation of the nature of mental retardation." Contemporary Psychology

"There are few books in the literature of mental retardation that I consider to be of landmark status. This is one of them" Harvey N. Switzsky, American Journal of Mental Retardation

"...this book is directed primarily at researchers in the field of mental retardation and secondarily at those interested in normal development. Both of these groups should read this book....After reading it, I am even more convinced that developmental theory will both benefit persons with mental retardation and learn from them." James V. Kahn, American Journal of Mental Retardation

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