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Challenging Behaviors among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Multiple Disabilities Attending Special Schools in Singapore
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Poon, Kenneth K. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
This study sought to understand the profile of and the factors which impact upon challenging behaviors among children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and multiple disabilities (MD). Teachers of 322 and 132 children with ASD and MD, respectively, attending special schools in Singapore, completed the Developmental Behavior Checklist, Teacher…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Special Schools, Multiple Disabilities, Autism
Exploration of Psychometric Properties of the Developmental Behavior Checklist.
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Hastings, Richard P.; Brown, Tony; Mount, Rebecca H.; Cormack, K. F. Magnus – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2001
This study performed a factor analysis of the Developmental Behavior Checklist (DBC) with 531 children and adolescents with mental retardation. The DBC is intended to assess psychopathology in youth with mental retardation. Findings indicated substantial overlap with the factor analyses of the scale's developers and high levels of internal…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Check Lists, Emotional Disturbances, Factor Analysis
Assessment of Depression in Adults with Severe or Profound Intellectual Disability.
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Evans, K. M.; Cotton, M. M.; Einfeld, S. L.; Florio, T. – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1999
Nurses applied standard behavioral criteria for major depression to evaluate 89 institutionalized adults with severe or profound intellectual disability. Results suggested that several additional behaviors listed on the Aberrant Behavior Checklist and the Developmental Behavior Checklist may be associated with this disorder in this population.…
Descriptors: Adults, Check Lists, Depression (Psychology), Disability Identification
The Developmental Behavior Checklist: The Development and Validation of an Instrument to Assess Behavioral and Emotional Disturbance in Children and Adolescents with Mental Retardation.
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Einfeld, Stewart L.; Tonge, Bruce J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1995
This article describes the development and validation of the Developmental Behavior Checklist for children with emotional and behavior problems along with mental retardation. The article discusses generating and refining the checklist items, results of a principal components analysis, establishing reliability and construct and criterion validity,…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists