Assessment of maladaptive behavior in individuals suffering with severe intellectual disability

Abstract

The most common forms of maladaptive behaviors in persons with intellectual disability are aggressive, destructive and auto aggressive behavior. The aim of this paper is to review the available literature indicate various possibilities of behavioral assessment in people with severe intellectual disability. By researching of electronic databases Serbian Library Consortium for Coordinated Acquisition - KOBSON were collected and analyzed papers that processed topic of behavioral problems in people with severe forms of intellectual disability. By analyzing of available papers was observed that many authors emphasize the importance of behavioral approaches to assessment and treatment of behavioral problems in people with severe intellectual disability. Besides the commonly used indirect, researchers point to the importance of the descriptive and experimental methods to assess. The paper describes seven instruments for assessing behavioral problems.

Najčešći oblici maladaptivnog ponašanja kod osoba sa težim oblicima intelektualne ometenosti su agresivno, destruktivno i autoagresivno ponašanje. Cilj ovog rada je da se uvidom u dostupnu literaturu ukaže na različite mogućnosti procene problema u ponašanju kod osoba sa težim oblicima intelektualne ometenosti. Pretragom elektronske baze podataka Konzorcijuma biblioteke Srbije za objedinjenu nabavku - KoBSON, prikupljeni su i analizirani radovi u kojima je obrađivana tema procene problema u ponašanju kod osoba sa težim oblicima intelektualne ometenosti. Analizom dostupnih radova uočeno je da mnogi autori ističu značaj bihevioralnog pristupa u proceni i tretmanu problema u ponašanju kod osoba sa težim oblicima intelektualne ometenosti. Pored često korišćenih indirektnih, istraživači ukazuju i na značaj deskriptivnih i eksperimentalnih metoda u proceni. U radu je prikazano sedam instrumenata za procenu problema u ponašanju.