BASAL MR

This scale basically designed to provide a means of assessing the functional abilities of adult with intellectual disabilities by focusing on practical abilities as well as problem behavior, the scale provide an alternative assessment that should be very useful for families and professionals/ this instrument builds on the author's previous work in developing a scale for child assessment(BASIC-MR) and reflects their families. BASAL-MR have been designed to elicit systematic information on the current level of competencies/behaviorsim adults with mental retardation. The scale are suitable for the use with mentally retarded adults who are 18 years and above.

It has developed by Late Dr. Reeta Peshawaria Madam, Dr. D. K. Menon sir and their colleagues (Don Bailey, Debra Skinner, Rahul Ganguly and Ch. Rajshekar) in 2000 at NIMH, now NIMH Secunderabad name is NIEPID, Secunderabad which is situated in Telangana state India

1. Assessment Checklist “BASAL- MR” Presented by: Md. Shadab Alam Jr. Special Education Teacher Special Education Centre, NIEPID (India)

2. This scale basically designed to provide a means of assessing the functional abilities of adult with intellectual disabilities by focusing on practical abilities as well as problem behavior, the scale provide an alternative assessment that should be very useful for families and professionals/ this instrument builds on the author's previous work in developing a scale for child assessment(BASIC-MR) and reflects their families. BASAL-MR have been designed to elicit systematic information on the current level of competencies/ behaviorsim adults with mental retardation. The scale are suitable for the use with mentally retarded adults who are 18 years and above. It has developed by Late Dr. Reeta Peshawaria Madam, Dr. D. K. Menon sir and their colleagues (Don Bailey, Debra Skinner, Rahul Ganguly and Ch. Rajshekar ) in 2000 at NIMH, now NIMH Secunderabad name is NIEPID, Secunderabad which is situated in Telangana state India BASAL- MR

3. There are two parts of this checklist “A” and “B” Parts of BASAL- MR

4. Part A: The items included in part A of the scale help to assess the current level of skills/ behaviors/competencies in the adult. It can be used as a curriculum guide for planning training programmes individuals needs. It consists of 120 items grouped under 8 domains Personal care and appearance(PA) Food management(FM) Household tasks and responsibility (HR) Community and leisure(CL )Sexuality (S) Work(W) Functional literacy(FL) Social-communication(SC) Domains of Part “A”

5. Personal care and appearance(PA) Uses toilet Brushes teeth

6. Food management(FM) Cleans and washes rice/ pulses/ vegetables etc. Cleans kitchen

7. Household tasks and responsibility (HR) Sweeps /washes / mops floor Washes clothes and puts them on line

8. Community and leisure(CL) Uses transport Shop for desire item

9. Sexuality (S) Dresses in privately Baths in private

10. Work(W) weight material up to 1 kg / litre Places label/ stamp on envelope

11. Functional literacy(FL) Purchases items minimum Rs. 100 Gets needed information by using Reads calendar Reads public transport time table

12. Social-communication(SC) Greets others by Expresses like and dislike

13. Scoring of Part “A” Each item should be scored based on the 6 levels of the performance (skills). Independent – 5 Clueing / Modeling – 4 Verbal prompting – 3 Physical prompting – 2 Totally dependent – 1 Not applicable – 0 To score independent (5), the student should pass all the required number of items given in the bracket. For example, in domain 1 PA- 11 if the student is able to perform only 1 out of the 2 required exercises and does the second exercise with clues / modeling the score should be given as “cluing / modeling” 4 not independent - 5

14. In this part there are 15 items in each domain Part B: The item included in this part of the scale helps to assess the current level of problem behavior in the adult. It helps to identify and assess the mal adaptive behavior/ problem behaviors in mentally retarded adults. It consists of 109 items grouped under 12 domains: Physical harm toward others Damages property Misbehaves with others Temper tantrums Self-injuries behaviors Repetitive behaviors Odd behaviors In appropriate social behaviors In appropriate sexual behaviors Rebellious behaviors Hyperactive behaviors Fears The number of item within each domain varies. Domains of Part “B”

15. Physical harm toward others Pushes others Pulls hair/ ear/ body parts of others

16. Damages property Break objects/ glass/ toys Damages furniture

17. Misbehaves with others Pulls object from others Uses abusive language

18. Temper tantrums cries excessively Stamps feet

19. Self-injuries behaviors Bites self Bites nail

20. Repetitive behaviors Bites end of pen or pencil Rocks body

21. Odd behaviors Stand too close to people Laughs inappropriately

22. In appropriate social behaviors Steals others articles knowingly Cheats in game

23. In appropriate sexual behaviors Touches other private parts in public area Keeps watching members of opposite sex continuously

24. Rebellious behaviors Goes out of house Takes very long intentionally to complete a task

25. Hyperactive behaviors Does not pay attention to the task at hand Does not sit at one place for required time

26. Fears Fears of animals Fears of birds

27. Each item should be scored based on 3 levels of frequency of problem behaviour . Never – 0 Occasionally – 1 Frequently – 2 Uses direct observation methods as far as possible to assess problem behaviours , however, when it is not possible, information can be obtained or supplemented from parents or care taker. Scoring of Part “B”

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