Families and Mental Retardation: New Directions in Professional Practice

by Diane T. Marsh

Traditional pathology models do not provide a satisfactory framework for professional practice with families of people with mental retardation. Families and Mental Retardation is written from the perspective of a competence paradigm for professional practice, which offers a constructive alternative to the more prevalent pathology models of the past. The goal of professional practice is to empower families in coping with the catastrophic stressor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275940144
• ISBN13: 9780275940140
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"