F 71 Moderate mental retardation

F 71 Moderate mental retardation
/ IQ in the range of 35 to 49 /
What can people with moderate mental retardation?
· Persons with moderate mental retardation develop speech at a later age and use it more limited. The level of their ability extends to form simple sentences and simple daily conversations through which to communicate and meet their basic needs. Some people learn to use the language but understand simple instructions and learn to use gestures as compensation.
· Motor skills and habits of self-service are limited, which somewhat limits alone operation. This requires unobtrusive or permanent control by the supportive environment.
· These people readily can perform simple practical tasks, such instructions must be submitted well structured and cleverly under professional guidance / most often by psychologists, special educators, speech therapists, social pedagogues and other trained professionals. /
· In most cases, have developed physical capabilities and to establish such contacts, which is the basis for inclusion in basic social activities that serve for life in adulthood.
What are the main difficulties of persons with moderate mental retardation?
· In terms of utilization of basic school skills, a large part unable to build and automate reading habits, writing and arithmetic. In this sense are needed special individual training programs to develop their potential and limitations to develop their maximum potential.
· In most persons in this category may be established organic etiology. Epilepsy, neurological and physical defects are common, but most can to movement in pronstranstvoto alone.
· It is possible to discover and secondary psychiatric conditions, the limited level of speech development makes diagnosis difficult and depends on the information received from the people of the nearby society.
Any associated disorder is coded separately.