Week six - Adaptive Behaviour and Educational Assessment Flashcards
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What is adaptive behaviour?
How well an individual adapts to their environment.
Important when assessing intellectual and developmental disabilities.
What are some of the definitions of adaptive behaviour?
Second definition in lecture is important according to Graeam.
What three domains are emphasised by American Association on Intellectual and Developmental disabilities?
What is meant by “intellectually disabled”?
In general, what does assessment look at when assessing intellectual disability?
How well is the individual able to maintain themselves within the cultural norms of their cultural.
Are criterion referenced measures or norm referenced tests used in adaptive behaviour assessment?
Criterion referenced measures.
e.g. can somebody look after themselves? As opposed to how well can someone look after themselves compared to other people.
Adaptive behaviour refers to one’s ability to meet the demands of their environment.
What are the two major facets of adaptive behaviour?
What are the 5 critical characteristics of adaptive behaviour?
Is adaptive behaviour an age-related construct?
Yes.
What are the basic dimensions of independence and social responsibility?
Each domain needs to be assessed when looking at adaptive behaviour.
What are the reasons for assessing people’s adaptive behaviour?
What are some of the identifying features of Autism Spectrum Disorder?
How does the DSM-5 define intellectual disability?
DefIcits in adaptive functioning, to the extent that they limit functioning in one or more areas, such as communication or daily living.
Onset is during the DEVELOPMENTAL PERIOD.
Is it possible that an individual can be 3 sds below the mean in IQ, but their adaptive behaviour is not more than 2 sds below the mean, then they are not considered as having an intellectual disability?
Yes.
DSM-5 requires adaptive behaviour to be significantly low to be considered as having an intellectual disability.
What is one reason that DSM-5 focuses on adaptive behaviour as the main focus of intellectual disability?
Level of adaptive behaviour will determine level of support the individual requires.
Did intellectual disability used to be based on IQ alone?
Yes. Now adaptive behaviour plays more of a key role.
However, there is a correlation. The lower one’s intelligence, the more difficult to cope with one’s environment.
How is adaptive behaviour measured?
There are both standardised and non-standardised means of measuring adaptive behaviour.
What is the Adaptive Behaviour Assessment System?
Another person fills in a questionairre for the client, e.g. parent or care-giver, or teacher, or self (if 16 or above).
What are educational assessments?
When are educational assessments most commonly used?
Generally when a student appears to be performing at a lower standard than other children their age?
What are some of the factors that can influence poor academic performance?
According to the DSM-5, what are specific learning disorders?
Requires symptom persistence - this is different to DSM-IV.
What is the WIAT - III?
Looks at children from preschool to 18 years.
Norm-referenced.
Used for assessment of reading, spelling, mathematics, written expression, and comprehension.
