Is there a term as adaptive needs? or adaptive behavior? if so, what are the meanings of them?

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Answer 1

Adaptive behavior is usually assessed in very young children or older children who appear to have developmental delays or communication disorders. It is an attempt to get around the language behavior and see what the child can actually do and how it compares to children of a similar age. It is somewhat correlated with intelligence, though one would have to be rather careful to draw conclusions, particularly if a child comes from a background that does not allow normal development.

One such test is the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales. This scale assesses four domains:

Communication - Receptive, Expressive, Written

Daily Living Skills - Personal, Domestic

Community - Socialization Interpersonal Relationships, Play, Leisure Time and Coping Skills

Motor Skills - Gross  Fine

By using such a scale, educators can assess the need for services at a very early age when I Q tests would be inappropriate.

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While the Vineland is widely used, there are other scales that look at adaptive behavior such as the Differential Ability Scales and the Batelle Developmental Inventory,

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Answer 2

Yes.  You might hear or read terms such as adaptive behavior, adaptive functioning, or adaptive performance.   When a student is evaluated for a special education handicap, adaptive functioning will be evaluated if there are questions about this area of development.  If it is determined that deficits in a child's adaptive functioning interfere with his/her ability to access the general education curriculum, or adversely affect his/her ability to make adequate progress in school, then the term adaptive needs may be used to describe the areas in which the student needs special instruction.    

Adaptive functioning refers to the kinds of skills everyone uses in their daily life, such as communication skills (from crying to writing letters), health and safety (from understanding hot things are dangerous to calling the doctor for an appointment),  self-care skills (like bathing and dressing), and all the other things people do.   Children acquire these skills gradually and so the test compares the skills of a particular child to the skills of many other children of the same age.   If a child is lacking many age-appropriate skills this will be identified as a deficit area or adaptive need.

Names of a few adaptive behavior assessment tools are:  Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales,  Adaptive Behavior Assessment System,  Scales of Independent Behavior.