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Does My Child Need To Attend A Special School For Children With Mild Mental Retardation?

I have a son aged 6 years 3 months. We have consulted a psychiatrist for IQ testing. Based on the IQ score of 70 my son was diagnosed as Mild Mentally Retardant (MMR) and the doctor advised to join my son in a special school. But we are not sure to accept it. He might be having some difficulties in social behaviour and problem solving, but he is good at languages (writing alphabets), playing, doing skill based activities, playing with toys.
Fri, 22 Aug 2014
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HI
Thanks for posting your query to HCM .

I definitely agree with you . Mild Mental retardation doesn't require him to be put in special school . But teaching him in normal school requires good dedication from the teachers which may be difficult to get as it puts more work on teachers .

Also your child may feel that he is not as smart as his friend and may push him into depression . So these factors also needs to be considered .

What I advise is you can teach him at home for 1-2 years and then put him to a normal school .
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Does My Child Need To Attend A Special School For Children With Mild Mental Retardation?

HI Thanks for posting your query to HCM . I definitely agree with you . Mild Mental retardation doesn t require him to be put in special school . But teaching him in normal school requires good dedication from the teachers which may be difficult to get as it puts more work on teachers . Also your child may feel that he is not as smart as his friend and may push him into depression . So these factors also needs to be considered . What I advise is you can teach him at home for 1-2 years and then put him to a normal school .