The Relation between Intellectual Functioning and Adaptive Behavior in the Diagnosis of Intellectual Disability

Autor/inn/en	Tassé, Marc J.; Luckasson, Ruth; Schalock, Robert L.
Titel	The Relation between Intellectual Functioning and Adaptive Behavior in the Diagnosis of Intellectual Disability
Quelle	In: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 54 (2016) 6, S.381-390 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1934-9491
DOI	10.1352/1934-9556-54.6.381
Schlagwörter	Intellectual Disability; Adjustment (to Environment); Intellectual Development; Educational Diagnosis; Disability Identification; Educational History; Evaluation Criteria; Misconceptions; Correlation; Error of Measurement; Educational Practices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Mental development; Geistige Entwicklung; Pedagogical diagnostics; Pädagogische Diagnostik; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Missverständnis; Korrelation; Messfehler; Bildungspraxis
Abstract	Intellectual disability originates during the developmental period and is characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills. In this article, we present a brief history of the diagnostic criteria of intellectual disability for both the DSM-5 and AAIDD. The article also (a) provides an update of the understanding of adaptive behavior, (b) dispels two thinking errors regarding mistaken temporal or causal link between intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior, (c) explains that there is a strong correlational, but no causative, relation between intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior, and (d) asserts that once a question of determining intellectual disability is raised, both intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior are assessed and considered jointly and weighed equally in the diagnosis of intellectual disability. We discuss the problems created by an inaccurate statement that appears in the DSM-5 regarding a causal link between deficits in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior and propose an immediate revision to remove this erroneous and confounding statement. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. P.O. Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044-1897. Tel: 785-843-1235; Fax: 785-843-1274; e-mail: AJMR@allenpress.com; Web site: http://www.aaiddjournals.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01