FRHD 2110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Traumatic Brain Injury, Spina Bifida, Intellectual Disability

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2110
• Professor: Robyn Pitman

Document Summary

Mentally retarded once used to describe people who have an intellectual disability. Removal of label of the name of the organization formally known as american association on mental retardation. Professionals came to consider adaptive behavior in addition to iq. Recognize that some students might score poorly on iq test but still be streetwise (able to cope) Aamr defines adaptive behavior: conceptual, social, practical skills that people learned so that they can function in their everyday life. Significant limitations in adaptive behavior impact a person"s daily life and affect the ability to respond to a particular situation or to the environment. Natural supports are those that typically occur in one"s environment, such as onself, family, friends. Service-based supports provided by professionals, like teachers, counselors, psychologists. Levels of support classification scheme; characterizes that amount of support needed for someone w/ intellectual dis to function as competenly as possible: intermittent, limited, extensive, pervasive. 2. 14% of population scores b/w 55 and 77.