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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
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Santos, Sofia; Morato, Pedro; Luckasson, Ruth – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
The adaptive behavior construct has gained prominent attention in human services over the last several years in Portugal, and its measurement has become an integral part of the assessment of populations with intellectual disability. In Portugal, diagnosis remains exclusively based on IQ measures, although some attention recently has been given to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Mental Retardation, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Wilson, Carlene J.; Haskell, Simon H. – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1988
The Residential Checklist portion of the Adaptive Functioning Index was evaluated with 218 individuals with mental retardation in a large Australian residential facility, and found to be both valid and reliable for rating the intellectual and behavioral functioning of individuals, despite some inconsistency in the more subjectively rated measures.…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Behavior Development, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Development