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AAMD Adaptive Behavior Scales

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Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology

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AAMD ABS: 2; AAMR ABS-RC: 2; AAMR ABS-S: 2

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The American Association for Mental Deficiency Adaptive Behavior Scales (AAMD ABS) is a revised edition (1993) of the original assessments that were published in 1969. The American Association for Mental Retardation (AAMR) (formerly known as the American Association for Mental Deficiency) has changed its name to American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). Therefore, intellectual disabilities have replaced mental retardationas the terminology of choice. The behavior scales have been published in two versions, the Adaptive Behavior Scales-Residential and Community, 2nd edition (ABS-RC: 2) and the Adaptive Behavior Scales-School, 2nd edition (ABS-S: 2). Current versions are a comprehensive compilation of the past versions. These assessments seek to develop an estimate of adaptive behaviors in two scales defined with personal independence and maladaptive behaviors in individuals with...

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  1. Fairfax Neonatal Associates, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, VA, USA

    Crista A. Hopp

  2. Director of Neuropsychology, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, VA, 10116 Weatherwood Ct., 20854, Potomac, MD, USA

    Ida Sue Baron

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  1. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Professor of Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry Virginia Commonwealth University – Medical Center Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, VCU, 980542, Richmond, Virginia, 23298-0542, USA

    Jeffrey S. Kreutzer

  2. Kessler Foundation Research Center, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ, 07052, USA

    John DeLuca

  3. Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Neurology and Neuroscience, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey, USA

    John DeLuca

  4. Independent Practice, 564 M.O.B. East, 100 E. Lancaster Ave., Wynnewood, PA, 19096, USA

    Bruce Caplan

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Hopp, C.A., Baron, I.S. (2011). AAMD Adaptive Behavior Scales. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79948-3_1503

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