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The Mental Health Needs Of The Moderately Mentally Retarded Individual And The Family, Carol Ann Baglin
The Mental Health Needs Of The Moderately Mentally Retarded Individual And The Family, Carol Ann Baglin
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The general setting for this study was a typical special education site serving the severely handicapped in Los Angeles County, between the ages of three to twenty-one. The discussions refer to those individuals whose psychological evaluations , using the Stanford- Binet Intelligence Scale , the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Revised, or the Leiter International Intelligence Scale, place them within the range of the moderately retarded and cause them to warrant an educational setting that serves such individuals. The families reside in Los Angeles County and generally fall within the lower to middle economic strata , with approximately 55% qualifying …