智力落后儿童是指智力功能水平明显低于正常儿童水平,并显示出适应性行为障碍的儿童。他们在认知、情绪、个性及行为方面都存在着一系列的障碍,构成了人类社会的一个特殊群体。对他们进行的教育同盲、聋、哑儿童的教育一样,都属于特殊教育的范畴。我国十分重视智力落后儿童的教育,把其作为我国国民教育的一个重要组成部分。1987年,国家教委颁布 Mentally retarded children are children with significantly lower levels of intellectual function than normal children and with adaptive behavioral disorders. They have a series of obstacles in cognition, emotion, personality and behavior, forming a special group in human society. Education for them, like that of blind, deaf and dumb children, falls into the category of special education. Our country attaches great importance to the education of children with mental retardation and takes it as an important part of our national education. In 1987, the State Education Commission promulgated