Mental retardation has long been known to the scientific community, but more recent advancements have opened up new ways of handling it through the toughest years of adolescence. According to research, "Its history dates back to the beginning of man's time on earth," (Biasini et al
Today, recent research has shown that growing adolescents can be trained to live a semi-independent life as adults if they are given the proper skill sets to do so during their adolescent years. According to research, "Today, the goal is to help the child with intellectual disabilities stay in the family and take part in community life," (Collins 2004)
Individuals with mental retardation are normally taken out of general education during their adolescence and placed within more specialized vocational training in order to better prepare them for their adult lives. Research states that "The emphasis on individual strengths and interests and related vocations becomes even stronger at this point, making specialized vocational training a major goal," (Daigneault 2007)
This issue with sexual development makes adolescent individuals with mental retardation complicated to work with in many social or formal instances. According to research, "People with disabilities are often erroneously regarded as childlike, asexual, and in need of protection," (Murphy 2006)
Mental retardation is a broad term that covers a wide variety of conditions, syndromes, and disorders. According to the research, mental retardation begins in early life and can have serious consequences on the intellectual functioning (Sebastian 2008)
Therefore, many of today's adolescents are dealing with the dramatic affects of living life with mental retardation. The condition itself can cause reading disorders, problems assimilating mathematical concepts, and further problems expressing emotions through written words (Zeldin 2010)
"Psychoeducation should be provided on an ongoing basis. The need to initiate formal behavior therapy should be assessed and the effectiveness of any current behavior therapy should be reviewed" (Dunne et al
Recent studies suggest ADHD may be caused by external factors such as environment or preterm behavior of mother like smoking. It can also be caused by genetics (McGuinness, 2008, p
Over the previous twenty years, "there have been 19 community-based studies offering estimates of prevalence ranging from 2% to 17%. The dramatic differences in these estimates are due to the choice of informant, methods of sampling and data collection, and the diagnostic definition" (Scahill & Schwab-Stone, 2000, p
There is also the risk of early pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. This is more so the case given that romantic relationships at this stage have sexual exploration as a key feature (Kail and Cavanaugh, 2008)
In a normalized state of growth and development, it would be easy to have a common ground over which they are able to live explicitly in accordance to the present rules and regulations in the society. Many rules and regulations dictated on the normal stages through which adolescent young people went through in their lives (Arnett, 2002)
In the western societies, the normal society and institutions offers teachings concerning the adolescent in the society. Education is included in the institutional curriculum (Corner & Bailey, 2009)
The modern perception stages that it is possible to have changes in behavior of a person as they go through this stage of growth and development. Nonetheless, normalized modern perceptions offer teachings in order to assist in establishing a growth and development among the adolescent people in the society (Dogra, 2009)
A number of psychological and biological changes among the people mark the process of transition between childhood and adulthood involved. In order to foster equitable management of adolescence, many societies have varying views and perceptions as concerns three general aspects of adolescence (Hayes, 2005)
In the modern adolescence culture, the general perceptions of adolescence are accrued to the biological changes that bring a difference in the psychological and physical development of the members in the society. In most cases, adolescence happens in a stage where the body biological functioning is transformed to meet the demands of the social and cultural perceptions (Organization & Innovation, 2007)
The general perceptions and biological happenings in the body of the concerned are directed at dictating how a person developed a positive psychology after going through adolescence. The difference between the traditional and western perception of adolescence rests on the outcome of the entire process in the society (Sigelman & Rider, 2011)
The stage is accompanied by varying biological changes that influence on the psychological and physical changes in the body of the concerned members. In most cases, it becomes relevant to have a favorable ground that dictates or establish a professional understanding that is not like that of the traditional perception (Simmons & Blyth, 2009)
The basic factor behind the general occurrence of adolescence is categorical of every factor that takes place in the biological. Many factors of human growth and development are regarded when it comes to management of the necessary growth avenues (Stange et al
The culture is so departmentalized that a special institution outside the family, namely the school, is set apart to prepare children to acquire the powers, mainly the intellectual powers, necessary for eventual adult life. (Blos, P
The physiological changes often precipitate special problems and doubts about self-concept, sexual identity, and relationships with others. (Kulas, Henryk