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The present study investigated the impact of constructional impairment on performance on the WMS‐R Visual Reproduction subtests that measure memory for visual material. Thirteen subjects with constructional impairment had lower scores on the immediate and half‐hour delayed Visual Reproduction subtests, relative to a cognitively comparable group of subjects without constructional impairment. However, the two groups did not differ with respect to their performance on the WMS‐R Logical Memory subtests, which measure verbal memory. The implications of these modality specific findings among subjects with constructional impairment are discussed, and recommendations for clinicians who utilize the WMS‐R are provided.

The Community Competence Scale-Short Form (CCS-SF) is a recently developed instrument which has demonstrated clinical utility as an aid in placement o f deinstitutionalized persons with psychiatric disabilities.The CCS-SF requires performance o f tasks and judgments which are proximal corollaries o f daily living skills. In the present study, the CCS-SF demonstrated high test-retest reliability as well as high internal consis tency. The scale also discriminated between apartment and boarding home residents. A discriminant function using the five subscales as predictors correctly classified 74% o f the participants. The results suggest that the CCS-SF is a reliable, valid, and efficient instrument with promise as a tool for providing valuable information regarding the match between daily living skills o f persons with psychiatric disabilities and various residential placements.