Title Mental retardation : determining eligibility for social security benefits / Daniel J. Reschly, Tracy G. Myers, and Christine R. Hartel, editors ; Committee on Disability Determination for Mental Retardation ; Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences ; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; National Research Council

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 335 pages) : illustrations Contents Acknowledgements -- Executive summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Policy context -- 3. The Role of intellectual assessment -- 4. The Role of adaptive behavior assessment -- 5. The Relationship of intelligence and adaptive behavior -- 6. Differential diagnosis Summary Annotation This report describes the results of a study, sponsored by the US Social Security Administration's Office of Disability, on the diagnosis of mental retardation for disability benefit purposes. The report assesses the process used by the Social Security Administration to identify individuals with cognitive limitations, and evaluates the existing disability determination process in the context of current scientific knowledge and clinical practice. The editors are affiliated with the Committee on Disability Determination for Mental Retardation, part of the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education of the National Research Council. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-314) and index Notes Supported by contract between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Social Security Administration Contract No. 0600-99-38803 Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL SUBJECT United States Social Security Administration Subject Intellectual disability -- Diagnosis Disability evaluation -- United States Social security -- United States. Disability evaluation. Social security. Disability Evaluation Eligibility Determination -- standards Intellectual Disability -- diagnosis Public Policy Social Security PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness. Disability evaluation Intellectual disability -- Diagnosis Social security SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Subject United States Genre/Form Electronic book technical reports. Technical reports Technical reports. Rapports techniques. Form Electronic book Author Reschly, Daniel J. Myers, Tracy G. Hartel, Christine R., 1947- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Disability Determination for Mental Retardation. United States. Social Security Administration. LC no. 2002005467 ISBN 0309508754 9780309508759 1280184566 9781280184567 9786610184569 6610184569 9780309169943 0309169941

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