Mental Retardation in Early Intervention Perspective

Mental retardation is a delay or slowness in a child's mental development. The child who is mentally handicapped learns things more slowly than other children of same age. The child may have less developmental milestones almost in a child with handicap is unable to unable to interact with his environment because of his disabilities. The further block the avenues for interaction. Therefore the child's experience are too few and his learning is hampered. As time passes him deviates further from normal and if the handicapping conditions are unchecked and of sufficient severity mental retardation occurs. These children are at risk for secondary deprivation because of feedback. All these may culminate in social and emotional handicaps adding further to the existing problems. most of the motor, social, a. Depending on the degree of mental retardation, early identification, timely intervention and adequate opportunities for training and developing their skills, many of these children can grow up to care themselves in most ways and learn to live as independent, responsible and active members of the community.cademic and other areas.