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Contributions of Seymour Sarason to the field of mental retardation
Author(s) -
Doris John
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/bf00938111
Subject(s) - doris (gastropod) , citation , field (mathematics) , sociology , psychoanalysis , psychology , library science , computer science , art history , history , mathematics , pure mathematics
The contributions of Seymour Sarason to the field of mental retardation are presented against the background of the pivotal changes in society's perception of the retardate that occurred following World War II. Sarason's key contributions to that change in terms of broadening the scientific approach to the issues in the field and advocating reform in the treatment and education of the retarded are briefly sketched.