• Special Education
• Education of Students with Mental Retardation
• CAUSES OF MENTAL RETARDATION
• TESTING INTELLIGENCE
• PROGRAMS
• DEVELOPMENT OF FIELD
• CURRENT ISSUES
• Mental Retardation
• DEGREES OF SEVERITY
• Mild
• Moderate
• Severe
• Profound
• CAUSES
• Genetic Causes
• External Causes
• PREVENTION
• TREATMENT AND CARE
• Education
• Living Arrangements
• Employment Opportunities
• Psychosis
• Behaviorism
• Memory Distortions
• The Nature of Intelligence
• Human Motivation
• Benefits of Psychotherapy
• Psychological Influences on the Immune System
• Special Olympics
• Cretinism
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• HOW ALCOHOL AFFECTS THE FETUS
• German Measles
• Iodine Deficiency Disorder Threatens Millions
• Phenylketonuria
• Tay-Sachs Disease
• Down Syndrome Chromosomes
• Maria Montessori
• EARLY LIFE
• MONTESSORI METHOD
• LATER LIFE

MENTAL RETARDATION CASES

Scientists can identify a specific cause in 60 to 70 percent of mental retardation cases. Causes include genetic conditions, disorders that occur as a fetus develops during pregnancy, and problems during or after birth. Some cases of mental retardation have multiple causes.

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