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A national center for research on mental retardation and other disabilities The Kennedy Center is about discovery--finding out why child development goes awry, finding ways to prevent developmental detours, and finding ways for children and adults with disabilities to lead better lives. The mission of the Kennedy Center is to conduct and support collaborative research, training, and information ...
www.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy
The mission of the Center is to elucidate the molecular, cellular, and behavioral mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of developmental dysfunctions causing mental retardation and to translate this fundamental knowledge into novel diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic approaches which can be ultimately applied in clinical care.
Best Buddies is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to enhance the lives of people with intellectual disabilities.
Online Multiple Congenital Anomaly / Mental Retardation (MCA/MR) Syndromes© by Stanley Jablonski A database of structured descriptions of congenital abnormalities associated with mental retardation. About MCA/MR Search Syndrome Database Copyright Statement U.S. National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health & Human ...
www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/jablonski/syndrome_title.html
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www.hrw.org/campaigns/deathpenalty
Mental retardation Contents of this page: Definition Causes and risks Prevention Symptoms Signs ...
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001523.htm
Yokohama National Univ.Matsuishi laboratory presents medical, sociological and educational research results on developmental disabilities, focusing on mental retardation with chromosomal abnormality, autistic disorders, physical developmental disorders, speech disorders, intoxication etc.
The Donald Beasley Institute Inc. is a national, independent, non-profit organisation. The two broad aims of the Institute are to promote and carry out applied research in the area of intellectual disability and to educate everyone involved about current knowledge and philosophies relating to people with intellectual disabilities.
The term ...
www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/retarded.htm
International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities.
This site has links for researchers and families about clinical services, early child development, neurobiology research and developmental disabilities.
MENTAL RETARDATION: A SYMPTOM AND A SYNDROME Fred J. Biasini, Ph.D. Lisa Grupe, M.A. Lisa Huffman, Ph.D. Norman W. Bray, Ph.D. Department of Psychology University of Alabama at Birmingham To appear in S. Netherton, D. Holmes, & C. E. Walker, (Eds.), Comprehensive Textbook of Child and Adolescent Disorders . New York: Oxford University Press, in press. Mailing address: Department of Psychology ...
www.uab.edu/cogdev/mentreta.htm
Mental Retardation & Psychiatry Some sample publications by the host of this site, Mark J. Hauser, M.D Hauser MJ, Ratey JJ. The Patient with Mental Retardation Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1994:104-109 as originally published in The Manual of Psychiatric Emergencies by Steven E. Hyman and George E. Tesar. Hauser MJ, Silka VR. Psychiatric Assessment of the Person With Mental Retardation as ...
Advancing the value of and respect for individuals with disabilities by providing opportunities for development and independence in the community.
The Murdoch Center Foundation is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to education, training, research, information dissemination, and professional development in the field of mental retardation. Current products are The Program Library, NC-SNAP and The Basic Computer Curriculum.
www.murdochfoundation.org
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted.
www.cec.sped.org/main/sitedex.html
Psychiatric Assessment of the Person With Mental Retardation by VAN R.SILKA, MD;and MARK J. HAUSER, MD As published in the Psychiatric Annals 27:3/March 1997 Dr Silka is Senior Psychiatrist, START Clinical Services, Danvers, Massachusetts. Dr Hauser is Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry Harvard Medical School; Assistant Clinical Professor Department of Psychiatry University of Connecticut School ...
www.psychiatry.com/mr/assessment.html
THPI-An Institute for the Mentally Disabled, providing rehabilitation services and research in the field of disability.
