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La Malfa, Giampaolo; Lassi, Stefano; Bertelli, Marco; Albertini, Giorgio; Dosen, Anton – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
The importance of emotional aspects in developing cognitive and social abilities has already been underlined by many authors even if there is no unanimous agreement on the factors constituting adaptive abilities, nor is there any on the way to measure them or on the relation between adaptive ability and cognitive level. The purposes of this study…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Behavior Problems, Adjustment (to Environment), Measures (Individuals)

Sandford, Donald A.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1987
The Adaptive Behavior Scale was used to evaluate a three-level token economy designed to modify the behavior of 42 behaviorally disturbed young adults of borderline intelligence. Following treatment large improvements occurred in those areas that were logically related to target behaviors within the token economy. Gains were maintained at…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Program Effectiveness, Slow Learners