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Scales of Independent Community scale that previously only had been

Behavior—Revised normed on adults with intellectual disability.
The ABDS is an interview-based scale that asses-
The Scales of Independent Behavior—Revised ses the adaptive behavior of individuals between
(SIB-R; Buininks et al., 1996) is a comprehen- the ages of 2 and 21 years and is normed on a
sive standardized adaptive behavior scale that typically developed population. The structure of
was standardized on a representative sample of the scale includes the three prevalent domains,
individuals from the general population. It was including Conceptual, Social, and Practical Skills.
developed for use with individuals from The scale administration is structured according to
3 months to 80+ years old and consists of three these three domains and each domain consists of
separate forms: Early Development (3 months– 50 discrete adaptive skills. The results obtained
8 years old), Comprehensive Form (3 months– yield standard scores with a mean = 100 and
80 years old) and Short Form. The Develop- standard deviation = 15 for each of the three
mental Form and Short Form are a different domains: Conceptual, Social, and Practical as well
subset of 40 items drawn from the full SIB-R as an overall Adaptive Behavior Index.
instrument. The SIB-R may be administered Having only been recently released, there
using the structured interview or a checklist exists no independent psychometric evaluation of
procedure where the respondent completes the the ABDS. The authors (Pearson et al., 2016)
questionnaire directly. report excellent psychometric properties, includ-
The SIB-R full-form contains two sections: ing internal consistency coefficients for all
adaptive behavior items and problem behavior domain and overall index standard scores above
items. The adaptive behavior contains a total of 0.90. The authors also reported a sensitivity
259 and yields a total standard scores called coefficient of 0.85 and specificity coefficient of
Broad Independence and 4 domain scores: Motor 0.99.
Skills, Social Interaction and Communication A review of the scale and its user’s manual
Skills, Personal Living Skills, and Community supports the use of the ABDS for use in
Living Skills. The problem behavior section obtaining standardized adaptive behavior
contains 8 distinct challenging behaviors rated assessment information for the purpose of mak-
for their frequency (0–5) and severity (0–4). The ing an intellectual disability determination.
SIB-R requires approximately 60 min to com-
plete and may be completed either as a rating
scale directly by the respondent or via an inter- Diagnostic Adaptive Behavior Scale
view between an interviewer and a respondent.
Although the reliability and validity psycho- The Diagnostic Adaptive Behavior Scale
metric data for the Comprehensive Form are (DABS; Tassé, Schalock, Balboni, Bersani,
adequate, the psychometric properties of the Borthwick-Duffy, Spreat, Thissen, Widaman, &
Short Form and Developmental Form are ques- Zhang, in press) was designed specifically for the
tionable (Maccow, 2001). purpose of being a standardized assessment
instrument to assist with the diagnosis of intel-
lectual disability. The DABS was designed from
Adaptive Behavior Diagnostic Scale its earliest conception to assist in the ruling in or
ruling out of intellectual disability (formerly
The Adaptive Behavior Diagnostic Scale (ABDS; mental retardation) by providing a comprehen-
Pearson, Patton, & Mruzek, 2016) is a recently sive assessment of an individual’s current adap-
released standardized adaptive behavior scale tive behavior and be most precise and reliable at
(Pearson, Patton, & Mruzek, 2016). It is a the cutoff score that is equivalent to 2 standard
replacement adaptive behavior scale for deviations below the population mean.
PRO-ED’s Adaptive Behavior Scale—Residential The DABS was developed based upon the

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