Child and Adolescent Mental Retardation
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American Association on Mental Retardation - Promotes global development and dissemination of progressive policies, research, effective practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual disabilities.
Arc of Chester County - Empowering individuals with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities and their families.
Best Buddies International, Inc. - Enhances the lives of people with mental retardation by providing opportunities for socialization and employment. Site describes programs and gives contact information.
Children Who Are Mentally Retarded - From the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, this defines what mental retardation means and how children are thriving in our communities today.
Death Penalty and Mental Retardation in the U.S.A. - Since the U.S. death penalty was reinstated in 1976, at least thirty-five people with MR have been executed in the United States. They cannot understand fully what they did wrong. Many cannot even comprehend the punishment that awaits them.
Down Home Ranch - Working farm and ranch for those with mental handicaps.
The Family Village - Cognitive Disability / Mental Retardation - Directory of contact information for organizations and links to information.
Greene County Board of Mental Retardation - A description of the programs and services available through the Greene County, Ohio, Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Help Foundation - Serves children and adults with mental retardation and developmental disabilities in northeast Ohio - care, education, and housing.
International Order of Alhambra - A fraternal order of Catholic men dedicated to assisting persons developmentally disabled by mental retardation.
It's OK to Be Different - Highlights some of the ways students with multiple disabilities and mental retardation are taught. Includes informational links to some of the conditions the students in this class possess.
Jablonski's Multiple Congenital Anomaly/Mental Retardation Syndromes - Database of structured descriptions of congenital abnormalities associated with mental retardation.
MedlinePlus: Mental retardation - Summary and links to information on causes.
Mental Retardation: A Symptom and a Syndrome - Full text of a paper published in the "Comprehensive Textbook of Child and Adolescent Disorders".
Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews - Journal information, table of contents, and online order form.
Mental Retardation and Psychiatry - Links to articles from psychiatric journals.
National Association of QMRPs (NAQ) - Resource for research, networking, and addressing issues that concern Qualified Mental Retardation Professionals (also known as Case Managers).
President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities - The PCMR acts in an advisory capacity to the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on matters relating to programs and services for persons with mental retardation.
Psychiatric Assessment of the Person With Mental Retardation - Full text of a paper published in the Psychiatric Annals. (March 3, 1997) Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.