The Diagnostic Adaptive Behavior Scale® (DABS®) User's Manual provides essential preparation for using the DABS.

Adaptive behavior consists of conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills.

Designed for use with children between the ages of 4 - 21, the norm-referenced DABS interview provides a precise assessment of adaptive behavior for the purpose of determining whether the person meets one of the criteria necessary for a diagnosis of intellectual disability (ID). 

The DABS has a number of unique features that support its precision, accuracy, validity, and credibility in making a diagnosis of ID. The DABS:

• Measures some aspects of adaptive behavior that are not currently measured by other standardized instruments, including naiveté, gullibility, and technology-based skills.
• Uses item response theory (IRT) to reliably measure individual performance levels across the continuum of adaptive skills and ages.
• Provides precise information to assist users in determining significant limitations in adaptive behavior.

The User’s Manual includes a sample copy of the interview form. Bundle packs of interview forms are also available in the bookstore.

Because the DABS relies on IRT, it cannot be scored by hand, and requires a specially developed computer program for scoring. A complimentary, single-use voucher code for the scoring platform is included with the purchase of each manual.

AAIDD’s online scoring platform for the DABS provides reports for each assessment scored, there is a nominal fee for each use of the scoring platform ($1 per score). The scoring platform is accessed through single-use code(s) emailed to users immediately following their purchase in the bookstore.

Purchase a single code ($1)

Purchase a pack of 10 codes ($10)

This product bundle is one copy of the DABS User's Manual and a pack of 25 DABS interview forms. 

The Diagnostic Adaptive Behavior Scale ® (DABS®) is an instrument for assessing the adaptive behavior of people between the ages of 4 and 21 for the purpose of determining whether the person meets the second criterion for a diagnosis of intellectual disability (ID). The second criterion is a significant limitation in adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills. The DABS is a norm-referenced instrument that uses data obtained from an interview with a respondent who knows the person very well.

The DABS has a number of unique features that support its precision, accuracy, validity, and credibility in making a diagnosis of ID, including:

• Measures some aspects of adaptive behavior that are not currently measured by other standardized instruments, including naiveté, gullibility, and technology-based skills.
• Designed using item response theory (IRT) and reliably measure individual performance levels across the continuum of adaptive skills and ages.
• Provides precise information to assist users in determining significant limitations in adaptive behavior.

Because the DABS relies on IRT, it cannot be scored by hand, and requires a specially developed computer program for scoring. A complimentary, single-use voucher code for the scoring platform is included with the purchase of each manual.

AAIDD’s online scoring platform for the DABS provides reports for each assessment scored, there is a nominal fee for each use of the scoring platform ($1 per score). The scoring platform is accessed through single-use code(s) emailed to users immediately following their purchase in the bookstore.

Purchase a single code ($1)

Purchase a pack of 10 codes ($10)

Person-Centered Planning with the SIS-A: A Guide for Planning Teams is designed for use following the administration of the Support Intensity Scale-Adult Version® (SIS-A®) to assist planning team members in using the results to develop person-centered  support plans.

The guide does not require the participation of those involved in administering the SIS-A. The intent is to assist teams in pursuing the type of personalized supports planning that meaningfully enhances a person’s quality of life.

A structured 18-step process that results in a “24-7” support plan for a typical week is outlined. Four of the 18 steps require information from each individual planning team member, and multiple copies of forms for each of those steps are included with the guide. 

The SIS-A^® Annual Review Protocol is a questionnaire created to help planning teams identify people whose intensity of support needs might have changed in important ways since their last SIS-A assessment.

The protocol focuses on possible significant changes due to important life events and/or health or behavioral concerns, captured in 21 SIS-A items particularly critical to understanding the support need domains  of the SIS-A.

At the conclusion of the protocol, a determination is made as to whether the person’s support needs have or have not changed in important ways, and, if so, the planning team includes a description of the next steps required.

The Supports Intensity Scale-Children’s Version® (SIS-C®) is a standardized, norm-referenced measure of the intensity of support needs for children between the ages of 5 and 16. 

The purpose of the user’s manual is to enable users to administer and score the SIS-C with fidelity, and to interpret and use findings from the SIS-C in ways that will enhance planning processes and outcomes for children with ID.

This product requires specialized training.  See our Purchase Qualifications Policy.

International purchases of SIS—C products cannot be made online. International customers interested in purchasing SIS—C products need to contact Ajith Mathew at ajith@aaidd.org. Do not place your order online.

This product is a pack of 100 copies of the Interview and Profile Form for the Supports Intensity Scale-Children's Version® (SIS-C®). The 12-page SIS-C Interview and Profile Form is used to assist interviewers collect data during the assessment.

This product requires specialized training.  See our Purchase Qualifications Policy.

International purchases of SIS-C products cannot be made online. International customers interested in purchasing SIS-C products need to contact Ajith Mathew at ajith@aaidd.org. Do not place your order online.

This product is a pack of 25copies of the Interview and Profile Form for the Supports Intensity Scale-Children's Version® (SIS—C®). The 12-page SIS-C Interview and Profile Form is used to assist interviewers collect data during the assessment.

This product requires specialized training.  See our Purchase Qualifications Policy.

International purchases of SIS-C products cannot be made online. International customers interested in purchasing SIS-C products need to contact Ajith Mathew at ajith@aaidd.org. Do not place your order online.

 

The Supports Intensity Scale-Children’s Version® (SIS-C®) is a standardized, norm-referenced measure of the intensity of support needs for children between the ages of 5 and 16. 

The purpose of the user’s manual is to enable users to administer and score the SIS-C with fidelity, and to interpret and use findings from the SIS-C in ways that will enhance planning processes and outcomes for children with ID.

This product bundle consists of one copy of the user’s manual and 25 copies of the interview form.


This product requires specialized training.  See our Purchase Qualifications Policy.

International purchases of SIS-C products cannot be made online. International customers interested in purchasing SIS-C products need to contact Ajith Mathew at ajith@aaidd.org. Do not place your order online.