adaptive behavior scale

a·dap·tive behavior scale

(ə-dăp′tĭv)
n.
A series of tests used to quantify the ability of mentally retarded and developmentally delayed individuals to live independently. The tests assess personal self-sufficiency, as in eating and dressing, community self-sufficiency, as in shopping and communicating, and personal and social responsibility, as in job performance and the use of leisure time.
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The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale (VABS) was used to assess the social skills necessary for living independently [15].
Comparison of Social Interaction between Cochlear-Implanted Children with Normal Intelligence Undergoing Auditory Verbal Therapy and Normal-Hearing Children: A Pilot Study
The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale for Socialization, one of the tests commonly used to measure real-world functional abilities, showed some improvement after 12 weeks of cord blood treatment over the placebo.
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Manual and AAMD Adaptive Behavior scale,Berkeley:University of California.
Relationship between parents' child rearing approaches and adaptive behavior among female students
Adaptive Behavior Scale. The Woodcock-Johnson Scales of Independent
Defining intellectual disability and establishing a standard of proof: suggestions for a national model standard
There also was no difference in the mean changes in scores between the placebo and memantine groups in part I of the Adaptive Behavior Scale (-1.7 and -10.7, respectively), which measures independent functioning, or part II (0 and 1.0, respectively), which measures challenging behavior (Lancet 2011 Jan.
Memantine doesn't pan out in down syndrome
The Adult Functional Adaptive Behavior Scale (AFAES), which measures 14 areas of adaptive functioning including speech, socialization and reality orientation, was also completed at the time of participant identification.
The effect of Snoezelen intervention: how treatment impacted agitation, depression, socialization
Revisions to the AAMR Adaptive Behavior Scale, such as the ABS:S2, drawn in part from new research data, have increased its validity and reliability.
Assessing the adaptive behavior of youths: multicultural responsivity
Jane presented with severe mental retardation, scoring in the below average range in adaptive behaviors as compared to norms on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale (Sparrow, Balla, & Cichetti, 1984).
Treatment of chronic breath-holding in an adult with severe mental retardation: a clinical case study
The measures employed covered three broad areas: autistic severity (Gilliam Autism Rating Scale), educational functioning (British Abilities Scales II), and adaptive behavioral functioning (Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale).
Three years of intensive applied behavior analysis: a case study
The children with autism were all assessed to have a mild adaptive deficit based on administration of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale (Sparrow, Balla, & Cicchetti, 1984).
Response variability and turn taking in cooperative play
All children were assessed with the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) (Schopler, Reichler, DeVellis & Daly, 1988) and the Survey Form of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale (Sparrow, Balla & Cicchetti, 1984) at the start of intervention and at approximately two years and four years into treatment.
The relationship between early learning rates and treatment outcome for children with autism receiving intensive home-based applied behavior analysis
(204) The measures of participant age, gender, race, Adaptive Behavior Scale scores, category of mental retardation, and Challenging Behavior Scale scores are included in the analysis as predictor or independent variables.
Labor force participation and income of individuals with disabilities in sheltered and competitive employment: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of seven states during the 1980s and 1990s

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