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Peer reviewedDenning, Christopher B.; Chamberlain, Jolie A.; Polloway, Edward A. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2000
A study investigated the impact of the American Association on Mental Retardation's 1992 manual that provided an alternative approach to mental retardation definition and classification. Forty-four states indicated they based their guidelines on the 1983 manual, four states reported using the 1992 manual, and three used neither model. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis
