THE COMMUNITY ADAPTATION OF MILDLY RETARDED PERSONS

项目1建议比较生活环境和适应性 未接受服务的老年轻度智障人士的行为 从精神发育迟滞服务网络与他们的同行 一定要接受这样的服务。 项目2将收集和分析以下成员的生活史账户 与项目1中使用的样例相同。 项目3将评估语言、交际和认知能力 唐氏综合症成年人最终获得的能力 将这些能力与非智力障碍患者的能力进行比较 特定的病原学。 项目4将调查文化适应对家庭的影响。 亚裔美国智障儿童的环境。 项目5将记录西班牙裔儿童早期的学校生活 面临发育和教育延迟的风险。 项目6将调查妇女对产前诊断的态度 测试，并确定影响其决策的因素 使用。 项目7建议比较智障人士的行为 他们被给予了精神疾病的分类，与非情感 心烦意乱的同龄人。 这七个项目的研究设计和方法各不相同，但每个项目 该项目将考虑文化变量。

Project 1 proposes to compare the life circumstances and adaptive behavior of aging mildly retarded persons who have not receive services from the mental retardation service network with their counterparts who do receive such services. Project 2 will collect and analyze life history accounts from members of the same samples used in Project 1. Project 3 will assess the linguistic, communicative, and cognitive abilities that are ultimately acquired by Down Syndrome adults and compare these abilities to those of persons with retardation of non specific etiology. Project 4 will investigate the effect of acculturation on the home environment of mentally retarded Asian-American children. Project 5 will document the early school lives of young Hispanic children at risk for developmental and educational delay. Project 6 will examine women's attitudes toward prenatal diagnostic testing, and identify factors that influence their decisions about its use. Project 7 proposes to compare the behavior of mentally retarded persons who have been given a mental illness classification, with non-emotionally disturbed counterparts. The research designs and methods of these seven projects vary, but each project will take cultural variables into consideration.