Home-based interventions for the children with mental retardation / 国际儿科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Home-based intervention is a essential for rehabilitation treatment for the children with mental retardation.This paper describes the methods of home-based intervention for children with mental retardation,which include Portage Project,parent-child interaction therapy,snoezelen therapy and Stepping Stones Triple P and reviews their current situations and curative effect in order to provide a reference for the application of these methods in China in the future.Each method has its own principle and advantages,and meanwhile it plays an active role in reducing disruptive behavior of children with mental retardation and optimizing parenting styles of parents.