Variability in adaptive behavior in children with developmental delay

Although diagnosticians have become increasingly sensitized to the importance of assessing adaptive behavior in persons with intellectual delay, few empirical data have been available with respect to the relationship between these two dimensions of development in referred clinical populations. Subje...

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Published in:Journal of clinical psychology 1994-03, Vol.50 (2), p.261-265
Main Authors: Bloom, Allan S., Zelko, Frank A. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living - classification
Activities of Daily Living - psychology
Adaptive behaviour
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child clinical studies
Child development
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Developmental delays
Developmental Disabilities - classification
Developmental Disabilities - diagnosis
Developmental Disabilities - psychology
Developmental disorders
Education of Intellectually Disabled
Female
Humans
Infant
Intellectual deficiency
Intellectual Disability - classification
Intellectual Disability - diagnosis
Intellectual Disability - psychology
Intelligence
Male
Medical sciences
Psychological tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social Behavior
Social research
Stanford-Binet Test
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Summary:Although diagnosticians have become increasingly sensitized to the importance of assessing adaptive behavior in persons with intellectual delay, few empirical data have been available with respect to the relationship between these two dimensions of development in referred clinical populations. Subjects in this study were 117 children aged 9 to 111 months who had significant intellectual delay. All subjects were administered the Developmental Profile II (DPII), a parent‐report measure of functional and adaptive skills. Seventy‐nine percent of the children with mild intellectual delay obtained Self‐Help age scores on the DPII and 74.2% Social Age scores that were within broad chronological age expectations. A surprising percentage of children with moderate and severe intellectual delays also obtained adaptive age scores at this level.
ISSN:0021-9762
1097-4679
DOI:10.1002/1097-4679(199403)50:2<261::AID-JCLP2270500219>3.0.CO;2-P