Mental Retardation
- ISBN-10
- 0674568869
- ISBN-13
- 9780674568860
- Series
- Mental Retardation
- Category
- Children with mental disabilities
- Pages
- 140
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1979
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Robert B. Edgerton
Description
Explains the causes of retardation, the prevention of retardation through such means as genetic counseling and prenatal care, and the methods of helping retarded children on the familial, social, and educational levels
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