Comparison of Adaptive Behavior Measures for Children with HFASDs
Table 2
Means and standard deviations in the original metrics for the VABS-II, BASC-2 PRS, and ABAS-II.
VABS-II
BASC-2
ABAS-II
Subdomain
M (SD)
Scale
M (SD)
Skill Area
M (SD)
Expressive
12.50 (2.61)
Adaptability
36.46 (9.29)
Communication
5.88 (2.57)
Receptive
11.26 (2.31)
Social Skills
37.48 (8.21)
Community Use
6.70 (3.63)
Written
15.12 (3.14)
Leadership
37.94 (7.47)
Functional Academics
8.48 (2.57)
Personal
14.06 (3.62)
Activities of Daily Living
37.52 (9.11)
Home Living
4.42 (3.02)
Domestic
12.30 (2.53)
Functional Communication
36.84 (8.63)
Health and Safety
7.26 (2.95)
Community
14.36 (2.99)
Leisure
5.90 (2.36)
Interpersonal
9.78 (2.84)
Self-Care
6.36 (2.87)
Play and Leisure
9.40 (2.84)
Self-Direction
4.78 (3.30)
Coping
12.54 (2.88)
Social
3.12 (2.75)
Domain/composite
Composite
Domain/composite
Communication
88.38 (12.20)
Conceptual
81.26 (12.10)
Daily Living Skills
91.44 (14.65)
Practical
77.56 (16.75)
Socialization
76.12 (13.39)
Social
72.08 (11.20)
Adaptive Behavior Composite
83.52 (11.05)
Adaptive Skills Composite
34.84 (7.82)
General Adaptive Composite
73.64 (12.99)
For the VABS-II, normative subdomain score M = 15 and SD = 3 and normative domain score and composite M = 100 and SD = 15. For the BASC-2 PRS, normative M = 50 and SD = 10 for all scores. For the ABAS-II, normative skill area score M = 10 and SD = 3 and normative domain score and composite M = 100 and SD = 15.
