Discussion
The aim of this research was to examine the differences in adaptive behavior skills
for children with language impairment, specific learning disabilities or intellectual
impairment, and to explore if there are differences between parent and teacher ratings
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of the adaptive behavior for children with language impairment, specific learning
disabilities or intellectual impairment.
The results of the research show that both parents and teachers report that children
with intellectual impairment have lower skill level on General Adaptive Composite and
lower conceptual, social and practical skills than children from the other two disorder
groups. Adaptive behavior skills level of children from the language impairment and
specific learning disabilities groups does not differ in regard to General Adaptive
Composite, nor conceptual, social and practical skills. Previous research (Harrison &
Oakland, 2003) also has shown that the General Adaptive Composite mean scores of
children with intellectual impairment are at least 2 standard deviations below the norm.