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Graves B Whitman BY (1987)
The mentally retarded parent in the community: identification method and needs assessment surveyAm J Ment Defic, 91
Millor GK Crain LS (1978)
Forgotten children: maltreated children of mentally retarded parentsPediatrics, 61
McTate GA Rosenberg SA (1982)
Intellectually handicapped mothers: problems and prospectsChild Today, 11
Mickelson P (1947)
The feebleminded parent: a study of 90 family casesAm J Ment Defic, 51
Dye HB Skells HM (1939)
A study of the effects of differential stimulation on mentally retarded childrenJ Psycho-Asthenics, 44
Madsen MK (1979)
Parenting classes for the mentally retardedMent Retard, 17
Wright CH Shaw CH (1960)
The married mental defective: a follow-up studyLancet, 1
Feldman MA (1986)
Research on parenting by mentally retarded personsPsychiatr Clin North Am, 9
Robinson EA Peterson SL (1983)
Parent-child interaction training for parents with a history of mental retardationAppl Res Ment Retard, 4
Scheurer SL Seagull EAW (1986)
Neglected and abused children of mentally retarded parentsChild Abuse Negl, 10
Graves D Graves B (1986)
Parents Learning Together: A Curriculum for Use With MR/DD Parents
Accardo PJ Whitman BY (1989)
When a Parent Is Mentally Retarded
Fotheringham JB (1971)
The concept of social competence as applied to marriage and child care in those classified as mentally retardedCan Med Assoc J, 104
Shapiro A Berry JD (1975)
Married mentally handicapped patients in the communityProc R Soc Med, 68
Towns F Feldman MA (1986)
Parent education project, II: increasing stimulating interactions of developmentally handicapped mothersJ Appl Behav Anal, 19
Graves B Whitman BY (1989)
Parenting skills training for adults with mental retardationSoc Work, 34
Case L Feldman MA (1985)
Patient education project, I: the development and nurturance of children of mentally retarded parentsAm J Ment Defic, 90
Schinke SP Schilling RF (1982)
Child maltreatment and mentally retarded parents: is there a relationship?Ment Retard, 20
Hudson AM (1982)
Training parents of developmentally handicapped children: a component analysisBehav Ther, 13
Mattinson MJ (1971)
Marriage and Mental Handicap
Whitman BY Accardo PJ (1989)
Factors influencing child abuse/neglect in children of mentally retarded parentsPediatr Res, 25
Baxter D Floor L (1975)
A survey of marriages among previously institutionalized retardatesMent Retard, 13
Reed SC Reed EW (1965)
Mental Retardation: A Family Study
Sheridan MD (1956)
The intelligence of 100 neglectful mothersBr Med J Clin Res, 1
Abstract Early reports on the quality and duration of marriages that involve adults with mental retardation have documented both problems and possibilities.1-5 Today, adults with mental retardation are marrying and having children, and adult unmarried women with mental retardation (even moderate to severe mental retardation) are having children. The true prevalence of parents with severe intellectual limitation is unknown and possibly unknowable. An accurate differential diagnosis of the cause of cognitive deficiency in an adult who is living in the community is difficult to obtain in the absence of records of formal childhood testing. Nevertheless, in a key informer survey performed in the city of St Louis, Mo, the number of children of mentally retarded mothers, who were identified, suggested that adults with mental retardation were having children on the same order of magnitude as the rate in the general population, with a mean number of 2.8 children per retarded References 1. Berry JD, Shapiro A. Married mentally handicapped patients in the community . Proc R Soc Med . 1975;68:795-798. 2. Floor L, Baxter D, Rosen M, Zisfein L. A survey of marriages among previously institutionalized retardates . Ment Retard . 1975;13:33-37. 3. Mattinson MJ. Marriage and Mental Handicap . Pittsburgh, Pa: University of Pittsburgh Press; 1971. 4. Mickelson P. The feebleminded parent: a study of 90 family cases . Am J Ment Defic . 1947;51:644-653. 5. Shaw CH, Wright CH. The married mental defective: a follow-up study . Lancet . 1960;1:273-274.Crossref 6. Whitman BY, Graves B, Accardo PJ. The mentally retarded parent in the community: identification method and needs assessment survey . Am J Ment Defic . 1987;91:636-638. 7. Reed EW, Reed SC. Mental Retardation: A Family Study . Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders Co; 1965. 8. Crain LS, Millor GK. Forgotten children: maltreated children of mentally retarded parents . Pediatrics . 1978;61:130-132. 9. Schilling RF, Schinke SP, Blythe BJ, Barth RP. Child maltreatment and mentally retarded parents: is there a relationship? Ment Retard . 1982;20:201-209. 10. Seagull EAW, Scheurer SL. Neglected and abused children of mentally retarded parents . Child Abuse Negl . 1986;10:493-500.Crossref 11. Sheridan MD. The intelligence of 100 neglectful mothers . Br Med J Clin Res . 1956;1:91-92.Crossref 12. Accardo PJ, Whitman BY. Factors influencing child abuse/neglect in children of mentally retarded parents . Pediatr Res . 1989;25:95. 13. Feldman MA. Research on parenting by mentally retarded persons . Psychiatr Clin North Am . 1986;9:777-796. 14. Feldman MA, Case L, Towns F, Betel J. Patient education project, I: the development and nurturance of children of mentally retarded parents . Am J Ment Defic . 1985;90:253-258. 15. Feldman MA, Towns F, Betel J, Case L, Rincover A, Rubino CA. Parent education project, II: increasing stimulating interactions of developmentally handicapped mothers . J Appl Behav Anal . 1986;19:23-37.Crossref 16. Hudson AM. Training parents of developmentally handicapped children: a component analysis . Behav Ther . 1982;13:325-333.Crossref 17. Madsen MK. Parenting classes for the mentally retarded . Ment Retard . 1979;17:195-196. 18. Peterson SL, Robinson EA, Littman I. Parent-child interaction training for parents with a history of mental retardation . Appl Res Ment Retard . 1983;4:329-342.Crossref 19. Rosenberg SA, McTate GA. Intellectually handicapped mothers: problems and prospects . Child Today . 1982;11:24-26. 20. Graves B, Graves D, Haynes Y, Rice GB, Whitman BY. Parents Learning Together: A Curriculum for Use With MR/DD Parents . St Louis, Mo: St Louis Office for MR/DD Resources; 1986. 21. Whitman BY, Graves B, Accardo PJ. Parenting skills training for adults with mental retardation . Soc Work . 1989;34:431-434. 22. Whitman BY, Accardo PJ, eds. When a Parent Is Mentally Retarded . Baltimore, Md: Paul H Brookes Publishing Co: 1989. 23. Skells HM, Dye HB. A study of the effects of differential stimulation on mentally retarded children . J Psycho-Asthenics . 1939;44:114-136. 24. Fotheringham JB. The concept of social competence as applied to marriage and child care in those classified as mentally retarded . Can Med Assoc J . 1971;104:813-816.
American Journal of Diseases of Children – American Medical Association
Published: Jan 1, 1990
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