This scale basically designed to provide a means of assessing the functional abilities of adult with intellectual disabilities by focusing on practical abilities as well as problem behavior, the scale provide an alternative assessment that should be very useful for families and professionals/ this instrument builds on the author's previous work in developing a scale for child assessment(BASIC-MR) and reflects their families. BASAL-MR have been designed to elicit systematic information on the current level of competencies/behaviorsim adults with mental retardation. The scale are suitable for the use with mentally retarded adults who are 18 years and above. It has developed by Late Dr. Reeta Peshawaria Madam, Dr. D. K. Menon sir and their colleagues (Don Bailey, Debra Skinner, Rahul Ganguly and Ch. Rajshekar) in 2000 at NIMH, now NIMH Secunderabad name is NIEPID, Secunderabad which is situated in Telangana state India

1. Assessment Checklist “BASAL- MR”
Presented by:
Md. Shadab Alam
Jr. Special Education Teacher
Special Education Centre, NIEPID (India)

2. This scale basically designed to provide a means of assessing
the functional abilities of adult with intellectual disabilities by
focusing on practical abilities as well as problem behavior, the
scale provide an alternative assessment that should be very
useful for families and professionals/ this instrument builds on
the author's previous work in developing a scale for child
assessment(BASIC-MR) and reflects their families. BASAL-
MR have been designed to elicit systematic information on
the current level of competencies/behaviorsim adults with
mental retardation. The scale are suitable for the use with
mentally retarded adults who are 18 years and above.
It has developed by Late Dr. Reeta Peshawaria Madam, Dr. D.
K. Menon sir and their colleagues (Don Bailey, Debra
Skinner, Rahul Ganguly and Ch. Rajshekar) in 2000 at NIMH,
now NIMH Secunderabad name is NIEPID, Secunderabad
which is situated in Telangana state India
BASAL- MR

3. There are two parts of this checklist “A”
and “B”
Parts of BASAL- MR

4. Part A: The items included in
part A of the scale help to
assess the current level of
skills/
behaviors/competencies in
the adult. It can be used as
a curriculum guide for
planning training
programmes individuals
needs. It consists of 120
items grouped under 8
domains
1. Personal care and
appearance(PA)
2. Food management(FM)
3. Household tasks and
responsibility (HR)
4. Community and
leisure(CL
5. )Sexuality (S)
6. Work(W)
7. Functional literacy(FL)
8. Social-
communication(SC)
Domains of Part “A”

5. Personal care and appearance(PA)
Uses toilet Brushes teeth

6. Food management(FM)
Cleans and washes rice/
pulses/ vegetables etc.
Cleans kitchen

7. Household tasks and responsibility
(HR)
Sweeps /washes /
mops floor
Washes clothes and
puts them on line

8. Community and leisure(CL)
Uses transport Shop for desire item

9. Sexuality (S)
Dresses in privately Baths in private

10. Work(W)
weight material up to 1
kg / litre
Places label/ stamp on
envelope

11. Functional literacy(FL)
Purchases items
minimum Rs. 100
Gets needed information by
using
Reads calendar
Reads public transport time table

12. Social-communication(SC)
Greets others by Expresses like and
dislike

13. Scoring of Part “A”
Each item should be scored based on the 6 levels of the
performance (skills).
Independent – 5
Clueing / Modeling – 4
Verbal prompting – 3
Physical prompting – 2
Totally dependent – 1
Not applicable – 0
To score independent (5), the student should pass all the
required number of items given in the bracket. For
example, in domain 1 PA- 11 if the student is able to
perform only 1 out of the 2 required exercises and does
the second exercise with clues / modeling the score
should be given as “cluing / modeling” 4 not
independent - 5

14.  In this part there are 15 items
in each domain Part B: The
item included in this part of the
scale helps to assess the
current level of problem
behavior in the adult. It helps
to identify and assess the mal
adaptive behavior/ problem
behaviors in mentally retarded
adults. It consists of 109 items
grouped under 12 domains:
1. Physical harm toward
others
2. Damages property
3. Misbehaves with others
4. Temper tantrums
5. Self-injuries behaviors
6. Repetitive behaviors
7. Odd behaviors
8. In appropriate social
behaviors
9. In appropriate sexual
behaviors
10. Rebellious behaviors
11. Hyperactive behaviors
12. Fears
The number of item within each
domain varies.
Domains of Part “B”

15. Physical harm toward others
Pushes others Pulls hair/ ear/ body
parts of others

16. Damages property
Break objects/
glass/ toys
Damages furniture

17. Misbehaves with others
Pulls object from
others
Uses abusive language

18. Temper tantrums
cries excessively Stamps feet

19. Self-injuries behaviors
Bites self Bites nail

20. Repetitive behaviors
Bites end of pen or
pencil
Rocks body

21. Odd behaviors
Stand too close to
people
Laughs inappropriately

22. In appropriate social
behaviors
Steals others articles
knowingly
Cheats in game

23. In appropriate sexual
behaviors
Touches other private
parts in public area
Keeps watching
members of opposite
sex continuously

24. Rebellious behaviors
Goes out of house Takes very long
intentionally to
complete a task

25. Hyperactive behaviors
Does not pay attention
to the task at hand
Does not sit at one
place for required
time

26. Fears
Fears of animals Fears of birds

27. Each item should be scored based on 3
levels of frequency of problem
behaviour.
Never – 0
Occasionally – 1
Frequently – 2
Uses direct observation methods as far
as possible to assess problem
behaviours, however, when it is not
possible, information can be obtained
or supplemented from parents or care
Scoring of Part “B”

29. References
Peshawaria reeta and et al (2000) Behavioural Scale for Adult Living
Mental Retardation : NIMH
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