Adaptive Behavior and Low Incidence Handicaps: Use of Adaptive Behavor Instruments for Persons with Physical Handicaps.

Pollingue, Alice

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Publication Date: 1987

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Adaptive Behavior and Low Incidence Handicaps: Use of Adaptive Behavor Instruments for Persons with Physical Handicaps.

Pollingue, Alice

Journal of Special Education, v21 n1 p117-25 Spr 1987

The article examines problems in the traditional assessment procedures used with the physically handicapped and discusses the use of adaptive behavior scales with emphasis on application of the results through a multidisciplinary approach. Selected adaptive behavior scales are described, and guidelines for test administration with the physically handicapped are suggested. (Author)

Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Behavior Rating Scales, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Incidence, Interdisciplinary Approach, Physical Disabilities, Test Interpretation, Testing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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