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Diagnostic Adaptive Behavior Scale

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities’ (AAIDD) ad hoc Committee on Adaptive Behavior Assessment Instrument needs your help with identifying potential interviewers (we hope this includes you) to assess typically-developing individuals - ages 4 to 21 years old (inclusively) as part of the standardizing process of developing a state-of-the-art adaptive behavior scale.

Call For Interviewers to Assess Typically-Developing Individuals!

 The Diagnostic Adaptive Behavior Scale (DABS) – eventually to be published by the AAIDD – will facilitate the diagnosis of intellectual disability.  The DABS consists of 259 items across the three adaptive behavior domains of conceptual, social, and practical skills. It is very important to obtain DABS data on individuals from the general population. Its administration requires the involvement of an interviewer and a  respondent and takes approximately 60 minutes.

What You Need To Know:

• The Interviewer should be a professional (e.g., psychologist, social worker, teacher, etc.) who has completed at least a Bachelor’s degree and has previous assessment experience.
• The Respondent should know the individual being assessed very well and have had the opportunity to observe the person on a daily or weekly basis.
• Respondents may be family members, friends, teachers, co-workers, employers or other adults who meet the above criteria.The DABS is administered in a face-to-face interview format and requires about 60 minutes to complete.

Interviewers will receive a $10.00 Gift Card per completed DABS.

Your help with this project would be greatly appreciated and an important contribution to the field. Please consider participating and/or forwarding this flyer to others who may be potential interviewers.

 FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT US:     

DABS User’s Manual

• FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (Recruitment FAQ)

Recruitment Form (to be completed by potential DABS Interviewers)

Interviewer Enrollment Form (Must be completed by all DABS Interviewers)

Assessed Person Consent

Parental Consent

Respondent Consent

Interviewer Consent