Factors influencing tutors' perceptions of retarded children.
After tutoring experience 5 college students who tutored handicapped children responded more negatively and 27 tutors of nonhandicapped children responded less negatively to labels, Mentally Handicapped Child and Normal Child, than previously. The former label was more negatively rated than Normal Child.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012073:Remedial Teaching; D013240:Stereotyping