Adaptive Behavior Evaluation Scale, Revised, Second Edition (ABES-R2)
The ABES-R2 is a standardized instrument that profiles the obtained ratings of an individual’s
independent functioning. Adaptive skills are those skills one acquires in order to adjust to daily
life activities. ABES-R2 scaled scores below 7 are considered below average, while those 5 and
below are considered atypical.
The subscales are as follows:
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Communication: Assesses the ability to comprehend and express information through
symbolic behaviors or non-symbolic behavior.
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Self-Care: Assesses the ability to independently perform toileting, eating, dressing,
hygiene and grooming.
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Home Living: Measures skills related to functioning within a home, including clothing
care, housekeeping, property maintenance, food preparation, and cooking, home safety,
and daily scheduling.
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Social: Measures skills related to social exchanges with other individuals, recognizing
and responding to situational cues, recognizing feelings, regulating one’s own behavior,
controlling impulses, and conforming to conduct laws.
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Community Use: Measures skills related to use of community resources, including
traveling in the community, grocery and general shopping at stores, purchasing or
obtaining services, using public transportation, and visiting cultural places and events.
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Self-Direction: Measures skills related to making choices, learning and following a
schedule, completing necessary or required tasks, seeking assistance when needed and
resolving assertiveness and self-advocacy skills.
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Health and Safety: Measures skill related to the maintenance of one’s health in terms of
eating, illness identification, treatment and prevention, basic first aid, physical fitness,
basic safety considerations and personal habits.
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Functional Academics: Measure skill related to learning that have direct application to
one’s life (writing, reading, basic math concepts) in terms of its effect on one’s daily life.
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Leisure: Measures ones’ ability to participate in leisure activities including choosing and
self-initiating interests, enjoying and using home and community leisure and recreational
activities with others, playing socially with others taking turns, and terminating or
refusing recreational activities.
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Work: Measures skills related to holding part-time or full-time job or jobs in the community in
terms of specific job skills, appropriate social behavior, and related work skills.
The Adaptive Behavior Evaluation Scale, Revised Second Edition- School Version:4-12 years was
completed by Mrs. Skinner, ------’s classroom teacher. Results are as follows:
Subscale
Communication
Functional Academics
Social
Leisure
Self-direction
Self-Care
Home Living
Community Use
Health & Safety
Work
Mrs. Skinner
Interpretation
2
4
5
3
5
8
4
4
6
6
Atypical
Atypical
Atypical
Atypical
Atypical
Average
Atypical
Atypical
Low Average
Low Average
Adaptive Skills Quotient/Percentile
Respondent
Mrs. ------
Adaptive Skills Quotient
76
Percentile
5
Interpretation
Atypical
The results of ------’s ABES-R2-SV indicate that he exhibits deficits in some areas of adaptive behavior.
Mrs. ------’s responses indicate deficits in the areas of Communication, Functional Academics, Social,
Leisure, Self-Direction, Home Living, and Community Use.