4. MENTALLY RETARDED AND THEIR EDUCATION
Prepared By: Jaswinder Kaur
Assistant Professor
Guru Kashi University

5. American Association of Mental Retardation, “Mental Retardation refers to significantly sub-average general intellectual functioning resulting in or associated with concurrent impairment in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period”.

6. characteristics of mentally retarded
Physical
Academic
Intellectual
Social and emotional

7. No language development
Physical characteristics
Poor health
Physically inferior
No language development

8. Inability to read and write Academic Characteristics
Delay learning
Inability to read and write
poor problem solving
Repeated failures
Academic Characteristics

9. Intellectual characteristics
Low intelligence
Difficulty in developing concepts
Poor memory
Poor abstract thinking

10. Social and emotional characteristics
Delay development
Lack of social skills
Anti-social behavior

11. Mild Retarded Socially adjust Average I.Q.(52-68)
Simple academic skills
Occupational skills

12. Moderate Retarded I.Q. 36-51 Trainable Slow learner Bodily deformities
Poor motor coordination

13. Severe Retarded I.Q. 25-35 Depended retarded
Speech development severely retarded
Sensory and motor handicapped
Limited hygiene

14. Profound Retarded I.Q. o-25 Deficient in adaptive behavior
Unable to simple tasks
Physical deformities
CNS pathology
Retarded growth
deafness

15. Educational adaptation for MR children
Educable mentally retarded
Trainable mentally retarded
Untreatable mentally retarded

16. Educational programme
Location and diagnosis
Educate the parents
Individual attention
Help in understanding the child
Special schools, clinics
Special teachers
Special type of curriculum
Special methods of teaching
Special time table