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Assessment of Adaptive Behaviour in Children with Intellectual Disability in Oman: An Examination of ABAS-3 Factor Structure and Validation in the Arab Context
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Emam, Mahmoud Mohamed; Al-Sulaimani, Humaira; Omara, Ehab; Al-Nabhany, Ragaa – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2020
In Oman and elsewhere in Arab countries school professionals rely on measures that were developed in Western countries. Measures that assess adaptive behaviour (AB) that have been developed in Western cultures are argued to be culturally bound. Nevertheless, these measures are used elsewhere despite a paucity of data that examine their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Daily Living Skills, Student Behavior, Behavior Rating Scales
Cross-Cultural Validation and Normative Data of the Social Responsiveness Scale in a Group of Iranian General Child Population
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Tehrani-Doost, Mehdi; Shahrivar, Zahra; Torabi, Naghme; Ansari, Shadi; Haji-Esmaeelzadeh, Maryam; Saeed-Ahmadi, Sanaz – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
This study aimed to assess the validity and normative statistics of the Farsi version of the Social Responsiveness Scale-2 (SRS-2). Among the mainstream elementary schools, 191 boys and 342 girls with a mean age of 9.46 (+ 1.72) years were recruited. Teachers and parents completed the SRS-2. The parents also answered the Social Communication…
Descriptors: Validity, Indo European Languages, Elementary School Students, Gender Differences
Sight Word Literacy: A Functional-Based Approach for Identification and Comprehension of Individual Words and Connected Text
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Alberto, Paul A.; Waugh, Rebecca E.; Fredrick, Laura D.; Davis, Dawn H. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
Reviews of the research on literacy for students with moderate intellectual disability indicated that sight-word instruction continues to be their primary mode of reading instruction. Reported in this article are data supporting the Sight-Word Component of the larger Integrated Literacy Curriculum for Students with Moderate to Severe Intellectual…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Literacy, Reading Instruction, Sight Vocabulary
Improving the Reliability of Autism Diagnoses: Examining the Utility of Adaptive Behavior
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Tomanik, Stacey S.; Pearson, Deborah A.; Loveland, Katherine A.; Lane, David M.; Shaw, J. Bryant – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
The classification agreement of the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) and the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) was examined in 129 children and adolescents (aged 7-18 years) who were evaluated for autism. Participants received a diagnosis of autism or non-autism based on the ADI-R. Linear discriminant analysis revealed…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Discriminant Analysis, Classification, Autism