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classification of mental retardation levels Classification of mental retardation is based on the following criteria:
• Mild retardation
• IQ 50 to 70
• Can be employed
• Can manage finances
• Can learn
• Achieved fourth-grade reading level
• Can acquire vocational skills
• Can care for themself
• Can live on their own
• Moderate retardation
• IQ 35 to 49
• Unable to be employed
• Can manage small amounts of cash
• Can learn at a second-grade level
• Can acquire busy-work skills with low expectations for vocational
work
• Must be closely monitored when performing self-care tasks
• Cannot live on their own
• Limited ability to interact with others
• Severe retardation
• IQ 20 to 34
• Unable to be employed
• Limited ability to manage small amounts of cash and help an adult with
shopping
• Unable to learn except for basic skills
• Poor motor skills
• Must be closely supervised when performing any task
• Cannot live on their own
• Limited ability to interact with others
• Profound retardation

• IQ below 20
• Unable to be employed
• Unable to learn
• Poor motor skills
• Constant supervision
• Cannot live on their own
• Unable to interact with others

Tags: mental retardation