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IDEA defines mental retardation as <i>significantly sub average general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period that adversely affects a child?s educational performance.</i> Topics include: DEFINITION, COMMON CAUSES, CHARACTERISTICS AND LEVELS, COMMON PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, PREVALENCE, INTERVENTION STRATEGIES, EDUCATIONAL APPROACHES, ISSUES FOR PROFESSIONALS, and DOWN SYNDROME.