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Vineland Behavior Rating Scales
The Vineland Adaptive Behavior scales is published by American Guidance Service. It is designed to determine how functional an individual with developmental disabilities. The version published in 1984 rated children from ages 2 to 18. The recently revised version goes up to the age to 90 (AGS, 2005). The Vineland is frequently used not only with individuals with mental retardation but also disorders on the autistic spectrum, such as autism and Asperger's syndrome (AGS, 2005).
The Vineland is based on how the individual deals with a variety of real life situations. Those responses may be either adaptive or maladaptive, and some responses that are age appropriate at a young age will not be typical of older individuals without any developmental difficulties (Scahill, 2001). The formats include a classroom questionnaire as well as semistructured interviews and provides multiple forms so it can be used to rate the observations of teachers, clinicians and parents, providing a broad-based view of the individual being evaluated.
The items on the questionnaire and interview are grouped into four subdivided domains. The First domain is communication, which is divided into Receptive, Expressive and Written. The second domain is Daily Living Skills, which is divided into Personal, Domestic, and Community. The third domain is Socialization, Interpersonal Relationships, Play and Leisure Time, and Coping Skills. Finally,...
The new Vineland survey form has nearly 300 items. It is completed by parent, guardian or care provider and done as a semi-structured interview which allows for open-ended answers (AGS, 2005). An expanded form includes over 575 items (AGS, 2005). Thus the new Vineland provides the opportunity for those who know the individual who has a developmental disability to provide detailed information about how that person functions on a day-to-day basis. Interviewers can use the shorter form or use the expanded form if they feel the need for more detailed information, or of the shorter form suggests the need to look at some weak areas in more detail (AGS, 2005). The Classroom Edition includes almost 250 items that focus on classroom adaptive behavior, and is completed by the teacher. However, it is interpreted by a qualified diagnostician (AGS, 2005).
Since some forms of the Vineland are conducted in an interview format, they may be a little time-consuming. The Survey version can take from 20 to 60 minutes, while the expanded Interview form may take up to 90 minutes. The version designed for classroom teachers typically takes about 20 minutes to complete (AGS, 2005).
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American Guidance Service (AGS). 2005. "Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales." Accessed via the Internet 7/22/05. <http://www.agsnet.com/group.asp?nGroupInfoID=a3000>
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Scahill, Lawrence. 2001. "Assessment of children with pervasive developmental disorders." Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Oct.
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