Adaptive Behavior and Low Incidence Handicaps

This article presents a practitioner's guide to adaptive behavior scale selection for the low incidence populations of deaf, blind, and deafblind/multihandicapped sensory impaired students and/or clients. Revisions for the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (Sparrow, Balla, & Cicchetti, 1984) are discussed with respect to use with the sensory impaired population. Revisions for other scales are also identified. Notable for its suitability for sensory impaired populations is the National Independent Living Skills project (Iceman, Woosley, Windham, & Sanders, 1985a, 1985b), normed on a national sample.