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ERIC Number: EJ597228
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4669
Special Education and Genetics: Connections for the 21st Century.
Hodapp, Robert M.; Fidler, Deborah J.
Journal of Special Education, v33 n3 p130-37 Fall 1999
This article reviews recent advances in the "new genetics" and shows how such advances affect special education. Focusing on Williams, Fragile X, Prader-Willi, and Down syndromes, it notes how etiology-related cognitive-linguistic profiles and propensities to distinct personalities and behavior problems point the way to specific, targeted strategies of intervention. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Problems, Biological Influences, Children, Downs Syndrome, Etiology, Genetics, Intervention, Mental Retardation, Special Education, Student Characteristics
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Fragile X Syndrome; Prader Willi Syndrome; Williams Syndrome