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"Using the goal of community integration as a coherent, unifying conceptual focus, this book presents the applied research and information that students can use as they work with the mentally retarded. Additionally, this is a book with ""heart,"" built on the premise that the coverage is not designed simply to appeal to students' intellect, but to their emotional and relational experience, as well."

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Part I: Understanding Mental Retardation. 1. Building a Framework: Community Integration and Interdisciplinary Systems. 2. Theoretical Influences on Understanding Mental Retardation. 3. Origins: Historical and Cultural. 4. Definition, Classification and Prevalence. 5. Assessments of Mental Retardation. 6. Characteristics of Mental Retardation. Part II: Etiology and Prevention: The Community Challenge. 7. Genetic and Infectious Influences and Prevention. 8. Biological and Psychosocial Influences and Prevention. 9. Related Developmental Disabilities. Part III: Learning Within the Community: Developing Skills and Abilities. 10. Early Intervention. 11. Behavioral and Cognitive Intervention. 12. Educational Issues. Part IV: Community Life: Roles, Rights, and Responsibilities. 13. Family. 14. Adult Living and Work. 15. Social Life and Recreation. 16. Vision, Progress and Advocacy.

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