Assessing Professionals' Prognostic Impressions of Mental Retardation.

Wolraich, Mark L.; Siperstein, Gary N.

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ERIC Number: EJ279591

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1983-Feb

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Assessing Professionals' Prognostic Impressions of Mental Retardation.

Wolraich, Mark L.; Siperstein, Gary N.

Mental Retardation, v21 n1 p8-12 Feb 1983

Attitudes of 168 practitioners (pediatricians, psychologists, special educators, allied health professionals, and social workers) toward mental retardation were compared. Results showed that pediatricians were significantly more pessimistic about the ultimate abilities of mentally retarded adults than psychologists and educators. (Author/SEW)

Descriptors: Attitudes, Counselor Attitudes, Educational Diagnosis, Health Personnel, Intelligence Differences, Mental Retardation, Pediatrics, Physicians, Psychologists, Social Workers, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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