Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, Third Edition.
ABAS-3
- What it measures
- Adaptive behavior across the lifespan; 3 broad domains (Conceptual, Social, Practical) via 11 skill areas (e.g., Communication, Community Use, Functional Academics, Home/School Living, Health & Safety, Leisure, Self-Care, Self-Direction, Social, Work, Motor); General Adaptive Composite
- Length and format
- varies by form (~232-241 items per age-band form). 4-point (0 = is not able, to 3 = always/almost always when needed) (informant/observer report)
- Language versions
- Spanish forms; additional international adaptations
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- copyrighted - commercial
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- Reference
- Harrison, P. L., & Oakland, T. (2015). Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, Third Edition (ABAS-3). Torrance, CA: WPS. (https://www.wpspublish.com/abas-3)
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