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Psychosocial Correlates of Mental Retardation

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Mental retardation is one of the most common disabilities that require special education. Depending on how mental retardation is defined, estimates of its prevalence among school children range from 1 to 3% of the general population (Blatt, 1987). The histories of mental retardation and special education are intertwined, because special education formally began with the efforts of Itard, Seguin, and others to educate children with mental retardation.

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Nanson, J.L., Gordon, B. (1999). Psychosocial Correlates of Mental Retardation. In: Schwean, V.L., Saklofske, D.H. (eds) Handbook of Psychosocial Characteristics of Exceptional Children. Springer Series on Human Exceptionality. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5375-2_15

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