Developmental Psychology

Developmental difficulties and disorders

The goals of the lecture XI
Basic description of developmental disabilities

Basic description of main developmental perspectives on disabilities (mechanistic, organismic, contextualist)

Basic description of developmental disability in family context

Text 1: Disabilities and Development

Source:

Lerner, R. M., Easterbrooks, M. A., & Mistry, J. (2003). Handbook of Psychology, Volume 6, Developmental Psychology (1 vyd.). John Wiley.

Compulsory reading: pp.514,516,517. 527


Questions before Reading:

How would you define developmental disability?

In what ways can developmental disability affect the development?

In what ways can developmental disability influence family quality of life and family functioning?

Do you know any ways how to support and work with the family of your student with developmental disability?


Questions after Reading:

How would you define developmental diability?

What is difference between current classification of mental retardation and classification used in 1970´s - early 1990´s ?

What are the differences between mechanistic, organismic and contextualist perspectives on disabilities

Lerner, R. M., Easterbrooks, M. A., & Mistry, J. (2003). Handbook of Psychology, Volume 6, Developmental Psychology (1 vyd.). John Wiley.
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