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Does Visual Impairment Lead to Additional Disability in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities?
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Evenhuis, Heleen M.; Sjoukes, L.; Koot, H. M.; Kooijman, A. C. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2009
Background: This study addresses the question to what extent visual impairment leads to additional disability in adults with intellectual disabilities (ID). Method: In a multi-centre cross-sectional study of 269 adults with mild to profound ID, social and behavioural functioning was assessed with observant-based questionnaires, prior to expert…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Mental Retardation, Regression (Statistics), Daily Living Skills
Readings in Life Skills. Readings and Appendices A-N.
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Conger, D. Stuart; And Others – 1973
Life Skills are problem solving behaviors appropriately and responsibly used in the management of one's life. This book is a collection of papers on the theory, practice and evaluation of Life Skills, and an expanded version of the fifth edition of "Life Skills: A Course In Applied Problem Solving." It includes essays on the purposes and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Course Descriptions, Daily Living Skills, Essays
Factorial and Hierarchical Cluster Analysis of the Adaptive Behavior Scales (Part I & II) in a Population of Older People (50 Years +) with Severe Intellectual Impairment (Mental Handicap).
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Moss, S. C.; Hogg, J. – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1990
Principal components analysis was employed on the Adaptive Behavior Scales with scores of 122 older (mean age 63.5) individuals with severe intellectual impairment living in England. The study found the structure of adaptive skills and interpersonal maladaptive behaviors similar to that found for younger retarded adults. Two factors, personal…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Daily Living Skills
Trajectory of Adaptive Behavior in Males with Fragile X Syndrome.
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Dykens, Elisabeth M.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1993
Adaptive behavior in mentally retarded males with fragile X syndrome was longitudinally examined in 17 subjects, ages 1 to 17. Findings included relative strength in daily living skills and weakness in socialization only for older subjects, and significant declines in adaptive behavior scores from first to second testing for the older subjects.…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Daily Living Skills
Effects of Age and IQ on Adaptive Behavior Domains for Children with Autism.
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Schatz, Jeffrey; Hamdan-Allen, Ghada – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1995
Scores from the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale were compared to age and performance IQ for 72 children and adolescents with autism and 37 nonautistic controls with mental retardation. The relationship between the two groups' adaptive behavior profiles was stable from preschool age through adolescence. Increasing IQ was associated with lower…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adolescents, Age, Autism
The LD Teacher's IEP Companion: Goals, Strategies, and Activities for LD Students.
Lyle, Molly – 1998
This guide provides specific classroom activities keyed to both yearly goals and individual objectives as specified on a learning disabled student's Individualized Education Program (IEP). The guide includes objectives and activities grouped into nine areas within which students with learning disabilities often have needs: (1) mathematics, (2)…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Behavior Patterns, Check Lists, Class Activities