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AAIDD Proposed Recommendations for "ICD-11" and the Condition Previously Known as Mental Retardation
Direct linkTasse, Marc J.; Luckasson, Ruth; Nygren, Margaret – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
The World Health Organization (WHO) is in the process of seeking input from professional stakeholder groups and consumers regarding the draft proposals of the 11th edition of the "International Classification of Diseases" ("ICD-11"). The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) convened a small group of…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Definitions, Clinical Diagnosis, Guidelines
Schalock, Robert L.; Luckasson, Ruth – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
This article focuses on the power of naming, defining, diagnosing, classifying, and planning supports for people with intellectual disability. The article summarizes current thinking regarding these five functions, states the essential question addressed by the respective function, and provides an overview of the high stakes involved for people…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Naming, Classification, Definitions
Luckasson, Ruth; Schalock, Robert L. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
This article focuses on recommendations for naming, defining, diagnosing, classifying, and planning supports for individuals with intellectual disability (ID). The article provides an overview of the essential questions addressed by the respective functions and provides a series of specific recommendations that address the high stakes involved for…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Naming, Definitions, Clinical Diagnosis
Papazoglou, Aimilia; Jacobson, Lisa A.; McCabe, Marie; Kaufmann, Walter; Zabel, T. Andrew – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
The "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth Edition" ("DSM-5") diagnostic criteria for intellectual disability (ID) include a change to the definition of adaptive impairment. New criteria require impairment in one adaptive domain rather than two or more skill areas. The authors examined the diagnostic…
Descriptors: Classification, Mental Retardation, Clinical Diagnosis, Children
Luckasson, R.; Schalock, R. L. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2013
Background: The current functional models of disability do not adequately incorporate significant changes of the last three decades in our understanding of human functioning, and how the human functioning construct can be applied to clinical functions, professional practices and outcomes evaluation. Methods: The authors synthesise current…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Systems Approach, Outcome Measures, Models
Barton, Erin E. – Infants and Young Children, 2010
The purpose of this article was to describe a taxonomy of pretend play for children with disabilities based on a systematic review of the literature to characterize pretend play. Thirty-seven studies were identified as measuring pretend play in children with disabilities. Several inconsistencies were found in the measurement of pretend play across…
Descriptors: Play, Disabilities, Classification, Teaching Methods
Polloway, Edward A.; Patton, James R.; Smith, J. David; Lubin, Jacqueline; Antoine, Karian – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2009
In 2002, the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) (Luckasson et al., 2002) revised their manual on mental retardation. It also extended the changes that had been made in the previous (1992) manual to further promote an alternative approach to definition and classification in the field. The study reported here sought to determine the…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Educational Practices, Classification, Guidelines
Schalock, Robert L.; Borthwick-Duffy, Sharon A.; Bradley, Valerie J.; Buntinx, Wil H. E.; Coulter, David L.; Craig, Ellis M.; Gomez, Sharon C.; Lachapelle, Yves; Luckasson, Ruth; Reeve, Alya; Shogren, Karrie A.; Snell, Martha E.; Spreat, Scott; Tasse, Marc J.; Thompson, James R.; Verdugo-Alonso, Miguel A.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Yeager, Mark H. – American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
This Manual contains the most current and authoritative information and knowledge on intellectual disability, including best practice guidelines on diagnosing and classifying intellectual disability and developing a system of supports for people living with an intellectual disability. Written by a committee of 18 experts, "Intellectual…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Classification, Definitions
Parmenter, Trevor R. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2011
People with an intellectual disability have existed across human history, making up a part of all cultures. They represent a small part of the extremely wide variety of people in the human population at any one time. This review essay examines the 11th and latest Definition and Classification Manual published by the American Association on…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Classification
Leeb, Rebecca T.; Bitsko, Rebecca H.; Merrick, Melissa T.; Armour, Brian S. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
In this article we review the empirical evidence for the presumptions that children with disabilities are at increased risk for child maltreatment, and parents with disabilities are more likely to perpetrate child abuse and neglect. Challenges to the epidemiological examination of the prevalence of child maltreatment and disabilities are…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Caregivers, Disabilities, Parent Child Relationship
Smith, J. David – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2007
The meaning of the category and concept of mental retardation is explored through the words of a fictional character, and the accounts of real people who have been injured and stigmatized by the label. Examples of the extremes to which people have gone to avoid or escape the term mental retardation are provided. The classification of retardation…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Self Determination, Classification, Vocabulary
Kidd, John W. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1983
The 1983 definition and classification of mental retardation of the American Association on Mental Deficiency reflects positions of the Council for Exceptional Children's Mental Retardation division by raising the ceiling IQ for classification, abandoning the standard deviation as a measurement criterion, and providing flexibility in IQ scores at…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedGelb, Steven A. – Mental Retardation, 1997
Asserts that typological thinking, the belief that individual differences diverge around an underlying type of essence, has persisted regarding mental retardation and prevents the appreciation of individual differences and human dignity in the mental retardation field. Past and present controversies over the definition of mental retardation are…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Individual Differences, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedSchalock, Robert L. – Mental Retardation, 1994
This article explains features of the 1992 American Association on Mental Retardation's definition and classification of mental retardation and then discusses six major implications of the system, such as the purpose of diagnosis, basis of classification, reliance on clinical judgment, provision of education and habilitation services, focus on…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Mental Retardation, Standards
Mahoney, Darrell J. – Australian Journal of Mental Retardation, 1975
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Exceptional Child Research, Incidence
