Intellectual Disability
A Guide for Families and Professionals
Approximately 2.5 million people in the United States--one percent of the population--have an intellectual disability (previously referred to as mental retardation). These conditions range from genetic disorders such as Down syndrome to disabilities caused by infectious diseases and brain injury. Intellectual Disability: A Guide for Families and Professionals, by one of the country's foremost authorities on intellectual disability, is a comprehensive resource that will be of importance to anyone with a personal connection to a child or adult with a neurodevelopmental disorder.Emphasizing the humanity of persons with intellectual and related d…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-19-978152-2
- EAN: 9780199781522
- Produktnummer: 13945380
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'040 KB
Über den Autor
James C. Harris, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Pediatrics, and Mental Hygiene, and the founding Director of the Developmental Neuropsychiatry Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. An eminent authority on intellectual disability, Dr. Harris was appointed by President Clinton to the President's Committee on Mental Retardation, and he received the George Tarjan Award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for Outstanding Leadership and Continuous Contributions in the Field of Mental Retardation, as well as the Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Distinguished Career Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from the American Psychiatric Association.
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