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Adaptive functioning and behaviour of children with special needs: comparison between ethnic groups
- Author:
- BICKERTON Wai-Lin
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 8(3), 1995, pp.156-167.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Investigates the relationship between behaviour and adaptive functioning in children with special needs from three ethnic groups who lived in an urban health district. Parents were interviewed and completed the Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scale (VABS) and the Aberrant Behaviour Checklist (ABC). The most pronounced development deficits were found in communication and daily living skills. Two-thirds of the subjects were rated as having a moderately severe behavioural problems on at least one item of the ABC.