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Changes in Mild Mental Retardation: Population, Programs, and Perspectives

Changes in Mild Mental Retardation: Population, Programs, and Perspectives Recent developments in special education have begun to produce a significant change in the population being served under the label of mild retardation. The specific factors influencing this change and the effects of the overall functional levels of students enrolled in EMR programs are examined. Data on decreasing prevalence within programs are presented. Implications are drawn for emerging group characteristics, placement and curricular decisions, and labeling relative to such programs and for concerns about noncategorical grouping. An apparent shift in the conceptualization of mild retardation underscores the discussion of each of these issues. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Exceptional Children SAGE

Changes in Mild Mental Retardation: Population, Programs, and Perspectives

Exceptional Children , Volume 50 (2): 11 – Oct 1, 1983

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SAGE
Copyright
© 1983 Council for Exceptional Children
ISSN
0014-4029
eISSN
2163-5560
DOI
10.1177/001440298305000206
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Abstract

Recent developments in special education have begun to produce a significant change in the population being served under the label of mild retardation. The specific factors influencing this change and the effects of the overall functional levels of students enrolled in EMR programs are examined. Data on decreasing prevalence within programs are presented. Implications are drawn for emerging group characteristics, placement and curricular decisions, and labeling relative to such programs and for concerns about noncategorical grouping. An apparent shift in the conceptualization of mild retardation underscores the discussion of each of these issues.

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Exceptional ChildrenSAGE

Published: Oct 1, 1983

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