Document Type : Research Paper
Author
Faculty member of Psychology Department, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
Abstract
The AAMD adaptive behavior scale, consisting of two parts, was a standardized on American public schools in 1974. Only part tool was selected and evaluated for administration in Ahvaz. The primary phase in the standardization effort determined how the scale performed on a public school population. The split-half reliability and the concurrent validity of the scale where also determined for all of the items and for those of different domains of the scale. The standardization phase included a sample of 1474 first-to fifth-grade pupils assigned to regular classrooms and several sets of norms in percentile distributions by sex, socio-economic status and class placement were provided. The results of the standardization provide a valid and useful assessment of elementary school children's adaptive behaviour.
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