Category Archives: Causes

Since World War Two the extended family has experienced huge changes. Close extended families provide children with opportunities to express their real feelings and relate at a more intimate level. Regular family get together oblige them to relate to different types of people, nice and nasty, simple and complicated. At any family function, children banter and tease, argue and fight, then make up and laugh together, all within a brief period. Whereas, in families who encounter their extende......
The causes of mental retardation can be divided into biomedical, social behavioral and educational risk factors that interact during the life of an individual and /or across generations from parent to child. Biomedical factors are related to biologic process, such as genetic disorders or nutrition. Social factors are related to social and family interaction, such as child stimulation and adult responsiveness. Behavioral factors are related to harmful behaviors, such as mental substance abu......