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Adaptive behaviour in Australia : what items are essential for assessing independent living?

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posted on 2002-03-01, 00:00 authored by L Webber, J Jenkinson, Jane McGillivrayJane McGillivray
Adaptive behaviour is important in the assessment of eligibility for intellectual disability services. However, there is some question about which behaviours should be assessed. The purpose of the present study was to clarify which everyday behaviours are considered essential for independent functioning by young adults in the Australian community. Parents, disability workers, and young adults judged the importance of 130 everyday behaviours. Items that assessed safety, health, self-care, functional literacy and numeracy, respecting others' rights, and day-to-day decisionmaking were most frequently rated as essential for independent functioning. Our findings raise important questions about the assessment of adaptive behaviour in Australia, and point to the need for a more valid approach to the measurement of adaptive behaviour for the purpose of eligibility assessment. The research provides a first step towards providing such a scale for use in the Australian context.

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Journal

Australian psychologist

Volume

37

Issue

1

Pagination

63 - 67

Publisher

Australian Psychological Society

Location

Melbourne, Vic.

ISSN

0005-0067

eISSN

1742-9544

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2002, Australian Psychological Society

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