American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

(AAIDD) Tools

Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) – this tool measures an individual’s requirements for personal, work or employment and social interaction supports.  These inputs are integral to developing a plan to provide the opportunities to engage in life activities just as any other person can.  There are children’s and adult versions and the process takes in to account that needs evolve over a lifetime.

For more information visit the SIS page: http://aaidd.org/sis#.WrqDyOjwYuI

AAIDD is the publisher, copyright holder, and sole owner of the SIS, SIS-A. SIS-C, SIS-A Annual Review Protocol, and Person-Centered Planning With the Supports Intensity Scale-Adult Version™: A Guide for Planning Teams (2017). The suite of SIS tools also includes all associated interview scoring forms, user’s guides, training manuals and materials, and associated electronic software platforms, most notably SISOnline and SISVenture.

View the March 2018 “White Paper” on SIS practical use:  http://aaidd.org/docs/default-source/sis-docs/howorganizationsusesis_v2.pdf?sfvrsn=0

Contact:
Email: sis@aaidd.org
Phone: 202-387-1968 x2156 for more information.

Diagnostic Adaptive Behavioral Scale (DABS) was announced March 1, 2018 by AAIDD  to help identify levels of intellectual disability for those aged 4-21, focusing on limitations in adaptive behavior (conceptual, social and practical) According to AAIDD,

“The DABS is unique in the testing world in its features that support the precision, accuracy, validity, and credibility in making a diagnosis of intellectual disability, including:

• Measures some aspects of adaptive behavior that are not currently measured by other standardized instruments, including naiveté, gullibility, and technology-based skills.
• Designed using item response theory (IRT) and reliably measures individual performance levels across the continuum of adaptive skills and ages.
• Provides precise information to assist diagnosticians in determining significant limitations in adaptive behavior. “

For more information visit: www.aaidd.org/dabs.

Here is another AAIDD resource  for Changes in the Field of Personal Support Plans: Changes in the Field Regarding Personal Support Plans (2018, March) Robert L. Schalock, James R Thompson, and Marc J. Tassé

“This white paper discusses six recent changes in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities that establish the parameters of a systematic approach to personal support plans.”

The AAIDD website is full of additional resources.

“Since 1876, the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) has been providing worldwide leadership in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities. We're a powerful community of leaders with a strong voice and important mission.  AAIDD, (formerly AAMR -- American Association on Mental Retardation) is the oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization of professionals and citizens concerned about intellectual and developmental disabilities.“

Contact:
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
501 3rd Street, NW, Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20001
Telephone: 202-387-1968
Fax: 202-387-2193

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