Vineland Survey: Self-administered Checklist Format for Teachers of Young Children in Rehabilitation

摘要

We examined the feasibility of administering the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Survey Edition in checklist format to teachers as a means of obtaining more useful teacher ratings of low functioning young children. Teachers completed the Vineland Classroom and Survey Editions as checklists to rate 36 preschoolers (ages 4-1 to 5-11 years; 22 male, 14 female) in a rehabilitation day treatment setting. The Survey Edition was administered to parents using the standard semi-structured interview. The Classroom Edition yielded higher skill estimates than did the two Survey Editions (p < 0.001), which did not differ significantly from each other. The individually administered Diagnostic Inventory for Screening Children (n = 27) provided evidence of external validity of the self-administered Survey Edition format for teachers. The results support use of the Survey Edition in checklist format for teachers who are rating skills of young children with developmental disabilities.