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Intellectual Disability: Understanding Its Development, Causes, Classification, Evaluation, and Treatment

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This comprehensive resource delves into the multifaceted aspects of intellectual disability, offering insights from a developmental perspective. Key topics include:

Origins and Changing Concepts: Exploration of the evolving understanding of intellectual disability.

Classification Systems: Detailed discussion on various classification approaches.

Epidemiology: Analysis of prevalence and demographic data.

Evaluation Techniques: Methods for assessing intellectual disabilities.

Intervention Strategies: Overview of family, behavioral, psychoeducational, pharmacologic, and community interventions.

Lifespan Considerations: Focus on transitions from infancy to adulthood and aging.

The book emphasizes the importance of understanding the developmental trajectory of individuals with intellectual disabilities and provides case examples to illustrate diagnostic and treatment challenges.

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Series Title

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Call Number

616,8588 H313

Publisher

New York, USA : Oxford University Press., 2006

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Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0195178858

Classification

616,8588

Content Type

text

Media Type

unmediated

Carrier Type

volume

Edition

1st Edition

Subject(s)

Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilitie

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