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Spragg, Paul A. – 1984
The paper suggests that a cognitive or psychoeducational perspective is valuable in counseling mentally retarded individuals. Psychoeducational considerations in pretreatment assessment, with an emphasis on process rather than product, are noted; and it is explained that counseling of mentally retarded persons can be enhanced through the use of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Counseling Techniques, Learning Processes, Mental Retardation