Educating the Moderately Mentally Retarded

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This paper explains that moderately mentally retarded persons usually are considered trainable, but with limitations of learning academic subjects to about the second-grade level. The author points out that one of the most important aspects in educating the moderately mentally retarded student is to attempt to motivate and to bring out the best in that student, while at the same time bearing in mind the students' intellectual limitations. The paper stress that, in teaching the retarded within a conventional classroom situation, the teacher should always bear in mind that such education must take place in the context of a team of professionals responsible for the varying facets of the educative process; therefore, clarification of the different roles of these professionals is important so that there can be no confusion, which would hamper the educative process.

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"This classification implies a number of characteristics that are usually associated with this level of mental retardation. However, these characteristics can be complex and not necessarily definitive. This is important when it comes to caring for the moderately retarded as a certain degree of latitude should be applied in the case of making a distinction between the mild and moderate classifications. Some categories have been combined for purposes of educational policy."

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