title: Trends in classification usage in the mental retardation literature.
abstract: Trends in classification usage were analyzed through examination of all issues of Mental Retardation, American Journal of Mental Deficiency, and American Journal on Mental Retardation from 1980 through 1989. The research was undertaken to determine whether the recommendations by Taylor (1980) and MacMillan, Meyers, and Morrison (1980) regarding subject description had been implemented. Results indicated that the system of the American Association on Mental Retardation (previously the American Association on Mental Deficiency) was used in over 50% of the articles, whereas the American Educators system was used in only 10%. A further analysis regarding the use of various classification systems as a function of the age of the subjects was also conducted. Implications of these results were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Exceptional Student Education, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton 33431.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis; D007360:Intelligence; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing