The GO4KIDDS Brief Adaptive Scale

Abstract

Background. Accurate measurement of adaptive behaviour is important in both clinical

Validating GO4KIDDS as a brief measure of adaptive skills in special education settings for children with severe intellectual disability

“…The GO4KIDDS Brief Adaptive Scale was developed to provide a brief measure of adaptive skills of children and adolescents with intellectual disability (Perry et al., ). The scale was primarily developed to be used for research purposes, and in particular to provide a brief assessment of adaptive skills across a wide age range of children at the more severe end of disability (Perry et al., ). It can be completed by people who are familiar with the children, such as parents/caregivers or teachers.…”

“…The aim was for the measure to be filled in during surveys by caregivers of children or young people with intellectual disability. Internal consistency in a Canadian sample of 432 three‐ to 20‐year‐olds was excellent (Cronbach's alpha = 0.87; Perry et al., ). On the basis of interitem correlations and the internal consistency coefficient researchers proposed that a total score could be estimated as the sum of all eight items to present an overall Adaptive Behaviour Score.…”

“…The GO4KIDDS (Great Outcomes for Kids Impacted by Severe Developmental Disabilities; Perry et al., ) Brief Adaptive Behaviour Scale is a recently developed adaptive scale that was designed to respond to this need. GO4KIDDS Brief Adaptive Scale was designed as a brief assessment of adaptive skills for children with intellectual disability (Perry et al., ). The scale was developed as part of a research project on the health and well‐being of children with severe or multiple disabilities (Perry et al., ).…”

“…GO4KIDDS Brief Adaptive Scale was designed as a brief assessment of adaptive skills for children with intellectual disability (Perry et al., ). The scale was developed as part of a research project on the health and well‐being of children with severe or multiple disabilities (Perry et al., ). Items were selected to cover self‐help skills, communication and support needs.…”

Instrumentos de evaluación de la conducta adaptativa en personas con discapacidad intelectual

“…Sin embargo, estos instrumentos han sido utilizados con mayor frecuencia en ciertos grupos de personas. Por ejemplo, el ABS-S: 2 se ha empleado específicamente en niños, y demostró resultados confiables (García, et al, 2010); en infantes y jóvenes, se han empleado el CAIDS-Q y el GO4KIDDS para evaluar la conducta adaptativa (Mckenzie y Murray, 2014;Perry et al, 2015); El ABS-RC: 2, DABS y el ABAS II son instrumentos que en los adultos han brindado resultados positivos (Medina-Gómez y García-Alonso, 2011;Balboni et al, 2014;Santos et al, 2014;Makary et al, 2015;Tassé et al, 2016a;Tassé et al, 2016b).…”