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since three hundred mentally retarded babies are born each day, and since 90percent of all these are in the community rather than in institutions, the churchesshould be more concerned about winning them to Jesus Christ.Implementing and augmenting these ministries must be ample resources for theconduct of proper Christian education for mentally retarded, such as facilities,program, and personnel. This aspect is covered in chapters 6 and 7.Finally, because compassion is vital for success in such a ministry, a churchmust provide a program of spiritual care for appropriate ministry at times ofmajor crises – either through its own direct care or through referrals to otheragencies. See chapter 9.Those motivated to active participation in such a ministry will find thebibliography and footnotes helpful for further research. Appendixes provide moretechnical treatment of the subject."As each star differs in brightness, so do the children of men. Yet each serves itspurpose in 'One nation under God' and each is entitled to an opportunity to achievehis full potential - to grow physically, emotionally, intellectually, socially andspiritually."'
PART IFoundation for MinistryChapter 1What Is Mental Retardation?THE WORDS mental retardation carry a highly emotional charge within ourculture, evoking confusion, misunderstanding, and fear. Parents often experiencedeep guilt and self-pity when retardation is evidenced in their child. Whileretardation repulses some people, it tugs at the hearts of others whose attitude says,"I want to help this child. Won't someone please show me how?"Simply put, mental retardation is the result of injury to or disease of the braineither before or after birth.* These injuries or diseases either completely destroy thebrain tissue or harm it in such a way that it can no longer develop and functionproperly. As a result, the brain-injured person cannot function as do normalhuman beings. Since various diseases and injuries harm the brain invarying degrees of intensity, there are many differing states of mental retardation. Inthis broad classification fall mongolism, cerebral palsy, retarded emotional growth,and such physical complications as sight and bearing handicaps, slow andincomplete motor-ability development, and mild forms of epilepsy.The retarded individuals are classified by professional instructors into twointellectual and educational categories according to their ability to learn: First is theeducable retarded group, and second is the trainable retarded group.* An expanded discussion of mental retardation is found in AppendixII, "Definition of Mental Retardation."The educable mentally retarded child is mildly retarded, with an IQ range ofapproximately 55 to 75 or 80. Although mental development is slow, he can anddoes usually attend public school classes where he learns basic fundamental skills.He does not handle abstractions and concepts well, he is less able to generalize thanthe average student, his attention span is short, and he has poor concentrativeabilities, but he is able, in a limited way, to find a place in society. Such a child canand does benefit in a regular Sunday school class.The trainable retarded child, however, is more severely limited. With an IQwhich ranges from 30 to 55, he will be unable to assimilate expected academiclearning. Although he may be able to learn facts, those facts will be meaninglessbecause he cannot transfer and relate them to new situations. However, he can
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