adaptive behavior scale

a·dap·tive behavior scale

(ə-dăp′tĭv)

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 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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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.

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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.

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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).

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Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale: The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VAB; Sparrow, Balla, & Cicchetti, 1998) is a semi-structured interview, administered to a parent or other caregiver of the child.

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).

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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.

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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