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Article

Development of the Emirati Child Adaptation Scale (ECAS) for Assessing the Behavioral Adaptation Skills of Children with and without Disabilities in the UAE

by
Ousha AlMuhairy
1,
Efthymia Efthymiou
2,*,
Hala ElHoweris
1,
Mahmoud Alshathly
3 and
Abdelaziz Sartawi
4
1
Special Education Department, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain 15551, United Arab Emirates
2
College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi 144534, United Arab Emirates
3
People of Determination Sector, Zayed Higher Organization for People of Determination, Abu Dhabi 23647, United Arab Emirates
4
Dar Zayed for Family Care, Al Ain 86444, United Arab Emirates
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Educ. Sci. 2023, 13(4), 406; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13040406
Submission received: 3 November 2022 / Revised: 13 March 2023 / Accepted: 21 March 2023 / Published: 17 April 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Inclusive Education and Practices for Students with Disabilities)
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Behavioral problems cause limitations in the social skills of children without disabilities and affect the functionality of children with disabilities. The Emirati child adaptation scale (ECAS) was developed in the UAE to provide reliable and valid information on the behavioral adaptation skills in children with and without intellectual disability (ID). The scale’s item pool consists of 651 items that identify behavioral adaptation deficits across the 10 domain–skill areas of communication, pre-academic, listening, social, self-care, self-orientation, motor skills, operational society, life, and health and safety. The scale was administered to 1542 children with disabilities and 920 children without disabilities. The scale is deemed essential, as it enables psychologists, special education teachers, health professionals, and researchers to implement a reliable psychometric tool of adaptive and behavioral functioning of 1–18-year-old individuals. The development and structure of the Emirati child adaptation scale is described and discussed.
Keywords: adaptive behavior; scale; intellectual disability; diagnosis adaptive behavior; scale; intellectual disability; diagnosis

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AlMuhairy, O.; Efthymiou, E.; ElHoweris, H.; Alshathly, M.; Sartawi, A. Development of the Emirati Child Adaptation Scale (ECAS) for Assessing the Behavioral Adaptation Skills of Children with and without Disabilities in the UAE. Educ. Sci. 2023, 13, 406. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13040406

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AlMuhairy O, Efthymiou E, ElHoweris H, Alshathly M, Sartawi A. Development of the Emirati Child Adaptation Scale (ECAS) for Assessing the Behavioral Adaptation Skills of Children with and without Disabilities in the UAE. Education Sciences. 2023; 13(4):406. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13040406

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AlMuhairy, Ousha, Efthymia Efthymiou, Hala ElHoweris, Mahmoud Alshathly, and Abdelaziz Sartawi. 2023. "Development of the Emirati Child Adaptation Scale (ECAS) for Assessing the Behavioral Adaptation Skills of Children with and without Disabilities in the UAE" Education Sciences 13, no. 4: 406. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13040406

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AlMuhairy, O., Efthymiou, E., ElHoweris, H., Alshathly, M., & Sartawi, A. (2023). Development of the Emirati Child Adaptation Scale (ECAS) for Assessing the Behavioral Adaptation Skills of Children with and without Disabilities in the UAE. Education Sciences, 13(4), 406. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13040406

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