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Frichtl, Chris; Peterson, Linda Whitney – 1969
Professional workers can assist parents of retarded infants by (1) helping them to recognize and cope with their feelings of guilt and despair, and (2) establishing a home program of exercises to allay the infant's inertia. Such exercises have been demonstrated by numerous investigators to be of positive value in improvement of motor performance.…
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Handicapped Children, Infants, Mental Retardation