The Croydon assessment of learning study: Prevalence and educational identification of mild mental retardation

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 828-839

  Simonoff, Emily ^a   Pickles, Andrew ^b   Chadwick, Oliver ^a   Gringras, Paul ^c   Wood, Nicky ^a   Higgins, Siobhan ^d   Maney, Julie Ann ^d   Karia, Nisha ^d   Iqbal, Huma ^d   Moore, Anne ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Education ^*

Author keywords

Conduct disorder; Emotional disorder; Intelligence; Mental retardation; Prevalence; Psychological testing

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PARENT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIAL EDUCATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL RETARDATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 33746123026     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01630.x     Document Type: Article

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