Auteur : Switzky, Harvey N. / Greenspan, Stephen

Maison d'édition : American Association on Mental Retardation

Date de publication : 2006

Collation : xxv, 358 p. : ill.

ISBN : 0940898934

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : Part I : The concept of mental retardation : critical issues 2005
1. Forty-four years of AAMR manuals -- 2. On the 2002 AAMR definition of mental retardation -- 3. An update on label and definitional asynchrony : the missing mental and retardation in mental retardation -- 4. Quo vadis mental retardation^ Definition by aggregation versus the hope for individual futures -- 5. On being labeled with mental retardation -- 6. How we eradicated familial (hereditary) mental retardation - updated
Part II : The 2002 AAMR system and its critics and supporters
7. Mental retardation : confusing sentiment with science -- 8. Neighbors and friends : social implications of intelectual disability -- 9. Look before you leap : implications of the 1992 and 2002 definitions of mental retardation
Part III : Emerging models and definitions of mental retardation
10. Defining and assessing spirituality and spiritual supports : moving from benediction to invocation -- 11. Mental retardation in the real world : why the AAMR definition is not there yet -- 12. Tem years later : two AAMR tales of a condition -- 13. Children with mild mental retardation : a challenge for classification practices - revised -- 14. Adaptation, remission, and growth : conceptual challenges to the definition of mental retardation - medical implications and applications -- 15. Scientific and judgmental issues involved in defining mental retardation -- 16. The concept and classification of mental retardation -- 17. The importance of congitive-motivational variables in understanding mental retardation in the 21st century -- 18. Lessons from the Atkins decision for the next AAMR manual -- 19. The relationship between the WHO-ICF (International classification of functioning, disability, and health) and the AAMR 2002 system -- 20. Focusing comprehensive functional assessment : a case formulation of dual diagnosis treatment priorities using ICF (ICIDH-2) -- 21. Summary and conclusions : can so many diverse ideas be integrated? Multiparadigmatic models of understanding mental retardation in the 21st century

Résumé : What is Mental Retardation? is a rare peek into the divergent-and at times contentious- points of view among the world's leading researchers on what the condition of mental retardation is and how it should be defined, measured, and implemented in the 21st century. This candid and insightful collection of 21 essays features expert opinion on issues ranging from whether mental retardation really is a slowing of mental development and what the disability should be called, to how cultural norms affect the definition of the condition worldwide and lessons learned from the Atkins v. Virginia case.
The definitions of mental retardation published from 1921-2002 by the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities provide the backdrop for this powerful discussion.

Contents

• Part I: The Concept of Mental Retardation: Critical Issues 2005 (6 chapters)
• Part II: The 2002 AAMR System and Its Critics and Supporters (3 chapters)
• Part III: Emerging Models and Definitions of Mental Retardation (12 chapters).

Mots-clés : Déficience intellectuelle / Handicapés mentaux

Cote : WM 15 S976w 2006