Download or read book Study of Language Needs of Primary Educable Retarded Children with Major Learning Disabilities and of the Implementation of Supportive Methods written by Robert Joseph Mier (Sister, O. Carm) and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author as a teacher of primary educable mentally retarded children in a Special School system has had ample opportunity to observe functions of both sets of behaviors. Due to the fact that language functions are associated with inappropriate or maladaptive social behavior the author has tried to (1) discover the language needs of primary educable mentally retarded children in general, (2) obtain a better understanding of the needs of primary children in the specific system, and (3) implement a method or methods to alleviate the deficiencies and hopefully to fill some needs.