The ABAS-3 combines all-new norms with updated item content to create the leading adaptive skills assessment. Retaining all features that made the second edition the preferred instrument for evaluating adaptive behaviour, the ABAS-3 is even easier to administer and score. Comprehensive, convenient, and cost-effective, this behaviour rating scale measures daily living skills – what people actually do, or can do, without assistance from others. The ABAS-3 is particularly useful for evaluating those with developmental delays, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), intellectual disability, learning disabilities, neuropsychological disorders, and sensory or physical impairments.

Multiple raters, different perspectives

The ABAS-3 includes five rating forms, each for a specific age range and rater:

• Parent/Primary Caregiver Form (birth–5 years)
• Teacher/Day-care Provider Form (ages 2–5 years)
• Parent Form (ages 5–21 years)
• Teacher Form (ages 5–21 years)
• Adult Form (ages 16–89 years)

Parents, family members, teachers, day-care staff, supervisors, counsellors, or others who are familiar with the daily activities of the individual being evaluated can complete these forms. The Adult Form can even be administered as a self-reporting tool. The items may be read aloud to raters who have low sight or poor reading skills.

Although it’s possible to evaluate adaptive skills using only a single rater, gathering ratings from several people will provide a more complete assessment. Multiple ratings show how the individual performs in various settings. When different forms are used by different raters to evaluate an individual’s adaptive skills, a comparative report can be generated to show areas that warrant further attention.

Skills and domains consistent with aaidd, dsm-5, idea, and rti guidelines

The ABAS-3 covers three broad adaptive domains: Conceptual, Social, and Practical. Within these domains, the ABAS-3 assesses 11 adaptive skill areas (each form assesses 9 or 10 skill areas based on age range). Items focus on practical, everyday activities required to function, meet environmental demands, care for oneself, and interact with others effectively and independently. Raters use a four-point response scale to indicate whether the individual can perform each activity and, if so, how frequently the individual performs it when needed.

The ABAS-3 is aligned with the AAIDD, DSM-5, and IDEA specifications and works well within an RTI context. The ABAS-3 generates norm-referenced scaled scores and test-age equivalents for the 11 skill areas. It also provides standard scores, confidence intervals, and percentile ranks for the three broad adaptive domains and for the summary score – the General Adaptive Composite. Scores can also be categorized descriptively (Extremely Low, Low, Below Average, Average, Above Average, High).

Online, Software, and Print

The WPS® Online Evaluation System™ offers convenient ABAS-3 administration, scoring, and intervention planning. Online testing allows clinicians to:

• Administer all forms locally or remotely
• Check the status of an administration at any time
• Score and report automatically
• Create customized intervention plans
• Easily monitor an individual’s progress over time
• Quickly compare two raters’ scores

The ABAS-3 can also be administered using paper-and-pencil forms that have been redesigned for ease of use. Scoring can be done quickly by hand or by desktop software. The Unlimited-Use Scoring Assistant and Intervention Planner Software generates a narrative interpretation of all scores, a strengths and needs analysis, a composite score discrepancy analysis, and more.

Online administration in WPS Online Evaluation System (WPS OES)

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