Many of my child clients don live with their parents, and I don think their parents could accurately respond to questions about them. How can I assess these childrens adaptive functioning?
To reliably assess a child’s adaptive functioning, it is important to interview a person who is very familiar with the child’s home and school life. When a child does not live with his or her parents, the appropriate person to interview is the adult with whom the child lives or who otherwise plays the most active role in the child’s life. At times this may be a foster parent, grandparent or other relative, residential unit worker, or other involved adult. A child’s adaptive functioning may be assessed by administering the Vineland to any adult who is very familiar with that child’s daily activities.
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