G. Derichs et G. Krohnjaster, AN INTEGRATIVE CONCEPT TO COPE WITH DEVEL OPMENTAL RETARDATIONS OF 5-YEAR-OLD TO 8-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN, Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie, 43(6), 1994, pp. 215-223
The assessment of developmental retardation, of learning disabilities
and their remediation are essential issues of psychosocial care. Depen
ding on an Institution's destination, however, interpretation of such
problems as well as their therapy may differ considerably. This is due
to the diverse standards and specializations of the experts professio
nal training and experience, their individual meanings and institution
al perspectives. In the first part a review of articles published in t
he last twenty years sums up the diagnostical and therapeutical concep
ts in the care for children with developmental retardation. The concep
ts are evaluated in terms of their practical relevance. In the second
part the integrative concept of the Department of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry at Gottingen University is presented. A report of an evalu
ation study is added. The complexity of the subject is enhanced and th
e need not to look separately at the individual deficits but to consid
er the total intra- and interindividual relations.