Teaching Students With Mental Retardation

<p><strong><em>Learn what effective teachers do to support students with mental retardation in and out of the inclusive classroom!</em></strong> <br /><br />Providing special and general educators with highly effective strategies for enhancing the academic and social skills of students with mental retardation and offering a pretest posttest and key vocabulary terms this exceptional resource also discusses:</p><ul> <li>Common causes of mental retardation</li> <li>Diagnosing mental retardation</li> <li>Cognitive academic physical behavioral and communicational characteristics</li> <li>Methods for improving students’ functional academic social self-care and work skills</li> <li>Instructional approaches for students with severe disabilities</li> <li>Issues such as prevention of mental retardation and transitioning from school to work</li></ul>