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ERIC Number: EJ285402
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1983-Jun
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The American Association on Mental Deficiency-Adaptive Behavior Scale: Allowing Credit for Alternative Means of Communication.
Suess, James F.; And Others
American Annals of the Deaf, v128 n3 p390-93 Jun 1983
Compared were the Adaptive Behavior Scale (ABS) and a modified version of the ABS (which allowed alternative methods of communication such as sign language) with 134 deaf-blind persons, three to 30 years old. Among results were that alternative communication methods had no effect on nine of 10 ABS domains. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Communication Skills, Comparative Testing, Deaf Blind, Evaluation Methods, Language Acquisition, Test Construction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Adaptive Behavior Scale
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