Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

AAMD Adaptive Behavior Scales

  • Living reference work entry
  • First Online:
Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology

  • 227 Accesses

Synonyms

AAMD ABS: 2; AAMR ABS-RC: 2; AAMR ABS-S: 2

Description

The American Association for Mental Deficiency Adaptive Behavior Scales (AAMD ABS) is a revised edition (1993) of the original assessments that were published in 1969. The American Association for Mental Retardation (AAMR) (formerly known as the American Association for Mental Deficiency) has changed its name to American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). Therefore, intellectual disabilities have replaced mental retardationas the terminology of choice. The behavior scales have been published in two versions, the Adaptive Behavior Scales-Residential and Community, 2nd edition (ABS-RC: 2) and the Adaptive Behavior Scales-School, 2nd edition (ABS-S: 2). Current versions are a comprehensive compilation of the past versions. These assessments seek to develop an estimate of adaptive behaviors in two scales defined with personal independence and maladaptive behaviors in individuals with...

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Institutional subscriptions

References and Readings

  • Aiken, L. (1996). Assessment of intellectual functioning. Basel: Burkhauser.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Balboni, G., Tasse, M., Schalock, R., Borthwick-Duffy, S., Spreat, S., Thissen, D., Widaman, K., Zhang, D., & Navas, P. (2014). The diagnostic adaptive behavior scale: Evaluating its diagnostic sensitivity and specificity. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 35, 2884–2893.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Bracken, B., & Nagle, R. (2007). Psychoeducational assessment of preschool children. New York: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hogg, J., & Langa, A. (2005). Assessing adults with intellectual disabilities. Malden: Blackwell.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Lyman, W. C. (2007). Test Review:Lambert, N., Nihira, K., &Lel, H. (1993), AAMR Adaptive Behavior Scales: School (ABS-S:2) Assessment for Effective Intervention, 33(1), 55–57.

    Google Scholar 

  • Reynolds, C., & Fletcher-Janzen, E. (2014). Encyclopedia of special education, a reference for the education of children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities and other exceptional individuals (Vol. 3, 4th ed.). Hoboken: Wiley.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Independent Practice, Connected Pathways Coaching, Herndon, VA, USA

    Crista A. Hopp

  2. Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Ida Sue Baron

Authors
  1. Crista A. Hopp
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Ida Sue Baron
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Crista A. Hopp .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Richmond, Virgin Islands, USA

    Jeffrey Kreutzer

  2. Kessler Foundation , West Orange, New Jersey, USA

    John DeLuca

  3. Suite 200 , Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, USA

    Bruce Caplan

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2017 Springer International Publishing AG

About this entry

Cite this entry

Hopp, C.A., Baron, I.S. (2017). AAMD Adaptive Behavior Scales. In: Kreutzer, J., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56782-2_1503-2

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56782-2_1503-2

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-56782-2

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-56782-2

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference Behavioral Science and PsychologyReference Module Humanities and Social SciencesReference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation