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Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales

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The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Third Edition (Vineland-3; 2016) is the third revision of the venerable and internationally employed Vineland Social Maturity Scale (VSMS) (Doll 1935), the first standardized adaptive behavior test. The first revision, the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (Vineland ABS) was published in 1984 (survey and expanded forms) and 1985 (classroom edition) by American Guidance Service. The Vineland II Survey and Parent Rating Forms were published in 2005; the Teacher Rating Form was published in 2006, and the Expanded Interview Form in 2008, the latter two by Pearson Assessments. The Vineland ABS, Vineland II, and most recent Vineland-3 are the most widely used adaptive behavior tests in the world. The Vineland-3, also published by Pearson Assessments, is an individually administered assessment of adaptive behavior, which can be defined as an individual’s development of personal independence and social responsibility...

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Burger-Caplan, R., Saulnier, C.A., Sparrow, S.S. (2018). Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales. In: Kreutzer, J., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56782-2_1602-4

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