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Severe Developmental Disabilities

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Handbook of Assessment in Childhood Psychopathology

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In his “Presidential Address of 1984,” presented to the readers of the journal Mental Retardation, H. J. Grossman stated:

Mental Retardation is a clinical term used to describe certain clinical manifestations which can be assessed clinically. Developmental disabilities, on the other hand, is not a clinical term. It includes individuals who have a variety of physical and clinical disorders, each with different implications for clinical care, education, and program planning, (p. 3)

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  2. Ray Graham Association for the Handicapped, Elmhurst, IL, 60126, USA

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Evans, H., Schwartz, E. (1987). Severe Developmental Disabilities. In: Frame, C.L., Matson, J.L. (eds) Handbook of Assessment in Childhood Psychopathology. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0041-8_10

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