The third edition of this highly regarded assessment gives you a complete picture of adaptive skills across the life span. Retaining all of the essential features that made the second edition the preferred instrument, the ABAS-3 is even easier to administer and score. It is particularly useful for evaluating those with developmental delays, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, learning disabilities, neuropsychological disorders, and sensory or physical impairments.
Use the ABAS-3 to:
- Assess adaptive skills
- Assist in diagnosing and classifying various developmental, learning, and behavioural disabilities and disorders
- Identify strengths and weaknesses
- Develop treatment plans and training goals
- Document and monitor progress over time
- Determine eligibility for services such as disability benefits, and evaluate capacity to live or work independently
- Facilitate research and program evaluation
- New norms, updated item content and improved ease of use
- Covers individuals from birth to 89 years of age
- Assesses 11 essential skill areas within 3 major adaptive domains: Conceptual, Social, and Practical
- Identifies strengths and weaknesses
- Integrates assessment, intervention planning and progress monitoring
- Compatible with DSM-5
- Available in print, software and online evaluation formats: Behaviour rating scale typically completed by parent, caregiver and/or teacher; self-rating option for adults
Domains and Skills
The ABAS-3 covers three broad domains (conceptual, social and practical). Within these domains, it assesses 10 skill areas. Items focus on practical, everyday activities required to function, meet environmental demands, care for oneself, and interact with others effectively and independently. On a 4-point response scale, raters indicate whether, and how frequently, the individual performs each activity.
Forms: Parent/Primary Caregiver Form (Ages 0–5), Teacher/Daycare Provider Form (Ages 2–5), Parent Form (Ages 5–21), Teacher Form (Ages 5–21) and Adult Form (Ages 16–89)
Scores: For the 11 skill areas assessed—norm-referenced scaled scores. For the 3 adaptive domains and the General Adaptive Composite (GAC)—norm-referenced standard scores, confidence intervals for standard scores and percentile ranks. In addition, all scores can be categorised descriptively.
Norms: Based on a large sample representative of the US population