Education of the mentally retarded has historically served as a catalyst for major issues in special education. Even today, several unresolved policy issues not only continue to plague the field but possibly even distract from other more pressing concerns. This paper briefly suggests some alternative policy directions for moving the field away from certain traditional yet unproductive procedures of service delivery.
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