CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Borderline intellectual functioning, also called borderline mental retardation (in the ICD-8), is a categorization of intelligence wherein a person has below average cognitive ability (generally an IQ of 70–85), but the deficit is not as severe as intellectual disability (below 70).

Detailed explanation-2: -Diagnosing Intellectual Disability A full-scale IQ score of around 70 to 75 indicates a significant limitation in intellectual functioning. However, the IQ score must be interpreted in the context of the person’s difficulties in general mental abilities.

Detailed explanation-3: -below 70-75, i.e. significantly below average. If a person scores below 70 on a properly administered and scored I.Q. test, he or she is in the bottom 2 percent of the American population10 and meets the first condition necessary to be defined as having mental retardation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Borderline intellectual functioning is an important and frequently unrecognised comorbid condition relevant to the diagnosis and treatment of any and all psychiatric disorders. In the DSM-IV-TR, it is defined by IQ in the 71–84 range.

Detailed explanation-5: -● Intellectual Disability standard deviations below the population p p mean, which generally translates into performance in the lowest 3% of a person’s age and cultural group, or an IQ of 70 or below.