The Scales of Independent Behavior (SIB-RBruininks et al., 1984) is a component of the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery. Under ideal circumstances, adaptive behavior measures should be administered in an examinee's or informant's primary language. It includes two adult forms, including a self-report and a report by others, and norms that extend well into adulthood. Presumably, these findings reflect the importance of the schools as a setting in which the presence of mild mental retardation is frequently first identified and the use of adaptive behavior scales as a component of this practice. 1. A consequence of this, according to Thompson et al., is the inability to develop precise measures of adaptive behavior that would objectively differentiate individuals by disability. In some definitions (Division 33 and AAMR), adaptive behavior is construed as distinct from intellectual functioning and of equal importance, while in other definitions it is considered a result of deficits in intellectual functioning. The skills needed to make a call today are very different from the skills that were required 20 years ago. Floor and ceiling effects are also evident as developmental range effects. The assessment of adaptive behavior is complex. As the importance of adaptive behavior measures in classification of mental retardation has increased, this concern has been heightened as disproportionate numbers of minority children have been identified as having mental retardation, primarily because of low-income status and the overrepresentation of individuals with mental retardation among low-income people (Boyle et al., 1996). As a result, the committee commissioned Monte Carlo simulations to understand better the implications of requiring a specific numeric cutoff point. This refinement was based on large samples of research participants and data from service registries (McGrew & Bruininks, 1990; Siperstein & Leffert, 1997; Widaman et al., 1987, 1993). This allows the rater to obtain a complete picture of the adaptive functioning of the person being assessed. As with the current Vineland, the content and scales of . Adaptive behavior is the skill set required for a person to care for themselves. In addition to the usual considerations attendant on any measure of individuals, special considerations always exist with typical performance measures (Cronbach, 1990). This facilitates the early identification of preschool children at risk of mental retardation and permits confirmation of persisting developmental delays. The focus is on the ability of the individual to function independently, with minimal external supports, by adjusting his or her behavior in a self-guided fashion to meet varied situational demands and expectations. Adaptive behavior also includes the ability to work, practice social skills, and take personal responsibility. With regard to identifying decision-making criteria, Division 33 presents the only definition that employs a statistical cutoff based on standard norms. Often, there may be no substitute for assistance by a translator familiar with the informant's dialect, even for examiners who are fluent in the informant's primary language. (1996) put it, relatively immature, as opposed to deviant, social behavior has always been the central distinguishing feature of this disability (pp. Percentage of People Ages 5-18 Lower Than Two Standard Deviations Below the Mean on the Domains of the Adaptive Behavior Assessment System. Scales developed subsequently improved on the simple rating format found in the ABS, which contained a finite list of problem behaviors rated according to the frequency of occurrence. Specifically, instruments such as the TSI, the Social Problem-Solving Test (Castles & Glass, 1986), and the TICE have been successfully employed with this population for the purposes of determining where to begin instruction in social skills and documenting the improvements that have resulted from instructional interventions. Scores from the instrument that are useful in diagnostic decisions must be provided and, in turn, interpretations need to be guided by the structure and organization of the adaptive behavior inventory. Adaptive behavior is defined as the set of skills that individuals should be able to perform at a certain age. The two versions of the AAMR ABS differ with respect to the age groups emphasized and the settings about which items are structured and weighted in item selection. There is a much larger number of scales that do not have extensive norms but may nonetheless be suitable as a means of gathering and summarizing information that can be assessed on a clinical basis. The proportion of children from homes with low socioeconomic status was lower than that in the census data. Average reliability coefficients of the adaptive skill areas across age groups range from .86 to .97, with the majority above .90 and corrected reliability coefficients of individuals with clinical diagnoses above .98. Adaptive behavior measures are useful in the identification of limitations concurrent with an IQ significantly below average. Such scales sample behaviors that are typically achieved at a range of ages and can indicate strengths and weaknesses in the ability to adapt. It was developed to be consistent with the 10 AAMR adaptive skill domains, and, depending on the weight placed on using the AAMR definition for diagnosis by a clinician, this may be a relevant characteristic. These data are presented in Chapter 5. Jane's At the same time, it has been noted that use of adaptive behavior measures in the process of identifying children with mild mental retardation, especially, may be forgone in many schools because the academic failures or behavioral problems that prompt teacher referral of students, in and of themselves, may be considered valid indicators of limitations, deficits, or delays in adaptive behavior (McCullough & Rutenberg, 1988). In describing the different severity levels of mental retardation, the ICD-10 guide presents IQ levels not as strict cutoffs but as guides to categorizing individuals with mental retardation. Areas assessed, and information that may be revealed, include areas of communication, daily living skills, community functioning, socialization, self-reliance skills, and motor skills. No one instrument produced a factor structure that included all of the domains that were identified by the American Association on Mental Retardation (1992). Jacobson & C.S. ICD-10 views the relationship between intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior as causal, with deficits in adaptive behavior resulting from deficits in intellectual functioning. The Vineland-3 is a standardized measure of adaptive behavior-the things that people do to function in their everyday lives. A herd of wildebeest, schools of fish, and flocks of birds are all examples of this concept. In this fashion, the assessment of social-cognitive processes can become part of a more comprehensive approach to individual assessment that includes information from informants about day-to-day behavior, as well as direct assessment of skills of a social-cognitive nature. Cross-cultural and cultural subgroup studies of adaptive behavior differences among ethnic, racial, or national groups are certainly needed, but evidence for substantial relationships between racial or ethnic group membership and performance on adaptive behavior scales, unmediated by socioeconomic differences, is very limited. 1. Regarding strategy repertoires, for example, researchers have found that children and adults with mental retardation have a limited repertoire of appropriate social strategies to draw from (Herman & Shantz, 1983; Smith, 1986). This consensus rests on the accumulated wisdom in the field of mental retardation, including the fact that adaptability in meeting the demands of everyday living was fundamental to conceptions of mental retardation long before effective tests of intellectual functioning were developed. For the Scales of Independent Behavior-R (Bruininks et al., 1996), the norming sample included 2,182 people ages 3 years 11 months to 90 years, with a sampling frame based on the general population of the United States stratified for gender, race, Hispanic origin, occupational status, occupational level, geographic region, and community size. Although the assessment of intellectual functioning has a longer history (e.g., first standardized test was developed in 1905) than the measurement of adaptive behavior, standardized tests of adaptive behavior have progressed significantly since the first such scale was published (Vineland Social Maturity Scale, Doll, 1936).The first version of the Vineland instrument consisted of items . 8. The expanded version is designed to meet the requirements of diagnosis and of planning/intervention, and is intentionally longer and more detailed in order to ascertain information on specific skill deficiencies. For example, in relation to the AAMR school-age scales, items were selected in part based on discrimination among institutionalized individuals and community dwelling individuals previously classified at different adaptive behavior levels, and among adaptive behavior levels in public school populations (Lambert et al., 1993b). In fact, semistructured interviews require the highest level of professional expertise, as the questioning and interpretation of answers requires a high level of training. Among these four definitions, there is little variation in the intelligence construct for individuals with mental retardation. Interestingly, individuals with mild mental retardation often face their most significant obstacles to competitive employment and job retention arising not from task-related skills, but rather from limitations in their social functioning (Bullis & Foss, 1986; Butterworth & Strauch, 1994; Chadsey-Rusch, 1992; Foss & Bostwick, 1981; Greenspan & Shoultz, 1981; Salzberg et al., 1988; Salzberg, Likins et al., 1986). During the 1920s, Doll, Kuhlmann, and Porteus sought to develop assessment practices consistent with a definition of mental retardation that emphasized adaptive behavior and social competence. Review of the extensive literature on adaptive behavior and its assessment suggests that adaptive behavior is best viewed as a multidimensional construct. Division 33 makes it clear that the presence of clinically significant maladaptive behavior does not meet the criterion of significant limitations in adaptive functioning (Jacobson & Mulick, 1996). In Chapter 1 we provided the details of SSA's criteria for a disability determination of mental retardation in terms of both mental capacity and adaptive functioning. Many adaptive behavior scales contain assessments of problem or maladaptive behavior, but relationships between domains of adaptive and maladaptive behavior are generally low, with correlations tending to be below .25 (and a tendency to be higher in samples of persons with severe or profound retardationHarrison, 1987). Adaptive performance is often a trade-off with other traits such as patience. Commonly used tests of adaptive functioning are described below: Woodcock-Johnson Scales of Independent Behavior: This test measures independent behavior in children. (Harrison & Boney, 2002). These studies also show that use of adaptive behavior scales has been growing over time (Hutton et al., 1992; Ochoa et al., 1996; Stinnett et al., 1994). Thus, adaptive behavior scales have particular relevance in application with preschoolers and with teens, who are often participants in Supplemental Security Income (SSI) determinations or redeterminations. Making friends Teaching how to clean oneself, brush hair and teeth, wear clean clothes and make one's presence neat and presentable. This chapter has discussed problems with item and score scale floors and ceilings, item sampling in relation to the behaviors that are most problematic at different developmental periods, item density, reliability of informants, and validity of informants. The committee discussed the use of specific numeric cutoff points at which a marked deficit is present. Some caution is needed in interpreting these findings, because the study is small and unrepresentative. Greenspan and Driscoll (1997) proposed a dual nature of competence. They suggest that intelligence, as measured by IQ, is typically viewed as an independent variable that predicts outcomes, whereas personal competence is the combination of what individuals bring to various goals and challenges as well as their relative degree of success in meeting those goals and challenges (p. 130). In adolescence and adult life: vocational and social responsibilities. An average five-year-old, for example, would be expected to have adaptive behavior similar to that of other five-year-olds. Hill (1999) also emphasized that behaviors that interfere with a person's daily activities, or with the activities of those around him or her, should be considered maladaptive behavior, not the lack of adaptive behavior. In the United States there have been significant concerns about the relationship between ethnicity or racial origin and performance on intelligence tests (Neisser et al., 1996). The number of activities that are restricted does not represent a marked limitation in activities of daily living, but rather the overall degree of restriction or combination of restrictions must be judged. Research with individuals with mental retardation has consistently documented limitations in their performance of both of these components of strategy generation. For older adolescents, ages 18 to 21, the difficulty level of items often permits identification of either delayed or typical skills. For the purposes of assessment focused on ascertainment of mental and physical conditions, the most salient measurement dimensions of ICIDH-2 are body functions (e.g., mental processes), and activity limitations and participation restrictions. There are a small number of well-normed adaptive behavior scales that are especially suitable for use in initial determinations for children and youth with possible mental retardation. 7-8). Table 4-4 presents examples of questions that can guide examiners in eliciting information regarding the three social-cognitive processes reviewed here. Some of these scales were developed to serve only one of these purposes; however, several have attempted to include both the breadth required for diagnosis and the depth required for clinical use. Many of the parents of children suspected of meeting criteria for mild mental retardation may themselves experience cognitive difficulties and are relatively nonverbal (Ramey et al., 1996), making semi- or unstructured interviews much more difficult to conduct in a standardized manner. It is crucial that people conducting or interpreting adaptive assessments take these problems into account. At the turn of the century, intelligence assessment placed primary emphasis on moral behavior (which largely comports with the current construct of social competence) and on the pragmatics of basic academics. A high level of training is necessary in order to capture and distinguish the level, quality, and pattern of adaptive behavior displayed by a given subject, as viewed by the eyes of the respondent (parent, teacher, or caregiver). Professionals voiced early caution about diagnosing mental retardation solely through the use of intelligence testing, especially in the absence of fuller information about the adaptation of the individual. Getting dressed 4. It allows the individual to relieve anxiety. The committee's review of the scientific and practice literature also reveals that adaptive behavior is a broadly focused construct. Jane obtained a GAC score of 72. Very recently Greenspan (1999) proposed ideas for assessing vulnerability in a comprehensive assessment of adaptive behavior or social competence. It also differs from other adaptive behavior scales because it is administered as a test directly to the individual and, as such, does not measure typical performance in real life. Haring (1992) found this to be an advantage in terms of its excellent reliability but noted that there were concerns about validity. Does the person accurately interpret others' emotions and intentions on the basis of the available cues? In the recent Manual of Diagnosis and Professional Practice in Mental Retardation (Jacobson & Mulick, 1996), Division 33 of the American Psychological Association put forth a definition of mental retardation that emphasizes significant limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior. This is perfect for any special education, life skills, or autism or ABA classroom. Typically these measures are structured in terms of factors, domains, and subdomains or scales. The surgeon general's report emphasizes that more research is needed to better understand how, when, and if culture affects interview-based assessments. Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales What it measures: How a child's daily living skills compare to those of other kids his age. In addition to the CBC, there are other instruments available to assess overt behavior, affect, or verbal statements consistent with the presence of mental or behavioral disorders among children and youth with mild mental retardation. The most widely used measures use a typical performance approach involving third-party respondents (Bruininks et al., 1996; Harrison & Oakland, 2000b; Lambert et al., 1993b; Sparrow et al., 1984b), although several differences exist among the response formats for items in these measures. Whereas ability measures focus on what the examinee can do in a testing situation, the . The DSM-IV definition identifies four levels of mental retardation based on IQ: mild, moderate, severe, and profound. By the close of the 19th century, medical practitioners diagnosing mental retardation relied on subjective or unsystematic summaries of such factors as age, general coordination, number of years behind in school, and physiognomy (Scheerenberger, 1983). Nonetheless, there is a rich literature documenting differential outcomes for quality of life, autonomy, and clinical decision making for adaptive behavioral development as measured by existing assessment instruments (Jacobson & Mulick, 1996). Managing money 9. Thus, considerable variation has been found in the content covered by different scales (Holman & Bruininks, 1985; Thompson et al., 1999). They can contribute to accurate and appropriate clinical diagnosis of concurrent conditions that may meet listing requirements for SSI and DI as an alternative to assessment of adaptive behavior. 2. Individuals or third-party respondents are asked to indicate their usual feelings or behaviors, not their best or most positive feelings or behaviors. This usually entails behavioral patterns that are dysfunctional to the individual. Stinnett (1997) matched ABS items to the 10 adaptive skill areas in the AAMR definition and found that some skill areas are addressed in depth by the ABS (social skills and self-care domains), while others have too few items to give reliable estimates (home living, health and safety, leisure). In this section, we discuss a variety of psychometric features of adaptive behavior scales that have implications for decision making about mental retardation. Some scales can be administered either way. The evaluation is done with the purpose of determining whether a person demonstrates sufficient capacity to function independently . The typical adaptive behavior inventory inquires about both the individuals' skills or abilities (what they can do) and about what they usually do in various circumstances (performance of skills or typical performance). Another concern was whether one may obtain a comprehensive picture of overall adaptation to the natural environment, because some skills could not be tested using the SSSQ's multiple-choice picture format. What are examples of adaptive behaviors? The 1992 AAMR definition requires that an individual show significant limitations in at least 2 of the 10 adaptive skill areas. Another psychometric concern is whether the norming samples are adequate. In order to make reliable and valid judgments about the presence or absence of many behaviors, the items may need such extensive clarification as to obscure the meaning of such behaviors for many respondents. Following school rules 8. Adaptive Behavior Assessment System: Third Edition Chapter Jan 2017 Patti L. Harrison Thomas Oakland View Inventory for client and agency planning Article Mar 1986 Richard Weatherman Robert H.. Some organizations are too rigid for adaptive performers such that they are likely to leave. The determination of whether adaptive deficits are marked in character requires clinical interpretation informed in part by the data provided by the scoring of adaptive behavior measures. As environments change, people must learn new skills in order continue to meet the environmental demands. 25. For example, the ABAS is organized into 9 or, depending on age, 10 adaptive skills areas, clearly reflecting the 1992 AAMR manual on classification (American Association on Mental Retardation, 1992), which also identified 10 adaptive skills areas. Vineland-II forms aid in diagnosing and classifying intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD, formerly known as mental retardation) and other disorders, such as autism spectrum disorders and developmental delays. This means that within any one subscale of an adaptive behavior scale, for example, there may be only one or two items typical of performance for a 10-year-old. Formal Adaptive Behavior Assessments Assessments are used for many different purposes in the K12 educational setting. Another method is to ask a third-party respondent (e.g., a parent or teacher) either very general questions about communication skills, a more specific question about telephone use, or a direct question like Does Edouard find a number by looking it up in a telephone book? As a general rule, skills can be measured directly with greater accuracy, reliability, and validity than performance. Cognitive Profile. Principal Comprehensive Adaptive Behavior Measures and Their Characteristics, Correspondence Between SSI Classification Domains and Domains or Subdomains in Prominent Adaptive Behavior Measures, Percentage of People Ages 5-18 Lower Than Two Standard Deviations Below the Mean on the Domains of the Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, Question Guide for the Assessment of Social-Cognitive Processes, Completion by a professional; or completion by a paraprofessional, with professional supervision (perhaps Class C, not specified), Comprehensive Test of Adaptive Behavior-Revised, -Normative Adaptive Behavior Checklist-Revised (NABC-R) is composed of a subset of CTAB-R items, Completion of NABC-R by a parent or guardian, Completion by a professional; or completion by a paraprofessional, with professional supervision (possibly Class C for & interpretation of scores), Class C; or completion by social worker or educator, Social perception: encoding of social cues. This skill could be assessed by giving the individual a local phone directory, asking them to look up a number, and observing the results, yielding a measure of whether the individual can demonstrate this skill. Table 4-3, adapted from Harrison and Oakland (2000b), shows the percentage of adaptive behavior domain scores for a sample of children with mild mental retardation (N = 66) and controls without mental retardation matched for gender, age, and socioeconomic status (N = 66) that scored below the 2 SD standard on the teacher form of the ABAS. Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale (VABS): This test measures the social skills of people from birth to 19 years of age. Communication Skills Self-Care Social Skills School/Home Living Community Use Self-Management (includes self-regulation) Personal Health and Safety Functional Academics Leisure Although developed for school-age children, this scale may hold promise for adapted use with adults in work settings. . One concern that emerged over time was that it was developed and normed for use with children and youth. Social Skills Dimension of Social Competence. The adaptive behavior construct has both typical performance and maximum performance elements, a characteristic that complicates measurement operations. The inability to adjust to a situations or different situations is known as maladaptive behavior. It appears to have good potential for assessing adaptive behavior for diagnostic purposes. For example, assessments are used during classroom instruction to measure students' learning related to the academic content, and different assessments are used to measure students' overall cognitive, physical, or social . As a result, they may become less available for use in disability determinations. It should also be noted, however, that there is no gold standard against which cutoff scores could be appraised, or research from which a true proportion of people with observed IQs in the range of approximately 65-75 who manifest adaptive limitations consistent with mental retardation may be directly projected. The information obtained from this type of evaluation can clarify the nature and extent of the limitations those individuals with mild mental retardation experience in adapting their behavior to meet the social demands and expectations of the school, workplace, and recreational and residential settings. Using IQ as a parallel, it might seem that a reasonable cutoff score on an adaptive behavior scale could be a composite score or several scale scores of two standard deviations below the mean (i.e., 2 SD). Sociometric ratings provide useful information but are impractical for diagnostic purposes, and the use of nonstandardized rating forms is not recommended for diagnosis of significant limitations in social skills. Technical manuals present analyses of data gathered in the process of test development that addresses content validity (in terms of representativeness and inferences from age norms), substantive validity (in that they present either a theoretical or empirically derived model of adaptive behavior to which the scale conforms), generalization validity (with respect to differing age or disability groups), external validity (in terms of concurrence with previous or contemporary adaptive behavior measures and intellectual measures), and consequential validity (in terms of evidence of bias or procedures utilized to reduce bias). Assessments work best when they document: (a) quantitative level of performance, (b) fluency of performance (e.g., qualitative criterion performance), (c) the extent to which the individual has failed to acquire skills or failed to perform skills already learned, and (d) the inability of the individual to perform skills through lack of opportunity. There are certain ways a person starts behaving if having a maladaptive behavior. Readers are referred to the test manuals and to Reschly (1990), Harrison and Robinson (1995), Thompson et al. For example, the Adaptive Behavior Assessment System (Harrison & Oakland, 2000a) is available in four forms: parent, teacher, adult self-report, and adult reported by others. Avoiding danger 6. For example, saying a student is "always getting in trouble" is vague and not measurable. Toileting 3. Their work in this area sparked broadened interest in measurement of adaptive behavior among practitioners serving people with mental retardation (Doll, 1927; Kuhlman, 1920; Porteus, 1921; Scheerenberger, 1983). Another instrument permits adult client self-report (Harrison & Oakland, 2000a), a promising method that needs further study of its feasibility with clients having IQ scores in the range of 60 to 75 (Millham et al., 1978). (1999) reviewed studies that reported factor analyses of adaptive behavior measures. National Academies Press (US), Washington (DC). The AAMR definition is accompanied by five major principles for the assessment and understanding of adaptive behavior: 1. Some data suggest that ceiling and developmental range effects hinder the full description of skill assets for some individuals with mild mental retardation. 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