The document outlines a behavioral assessment scale for Indian children with mental retardation, focusing on skills and undesirable behaviors. It consists of two parts: one assessing adaptive skills in seven domains, and the other identifying and quantifying ten types of maladaptive behaviors. The assessment methods involve observations and interviews, with scoring systems to quantify the child's performance and problematic behaviors.

1. BASIC –MR
PART (A)
 DEAL WITH SKILLS
BEHAVIOUR
PART (B)
 DEAL WITH
UNDESIRABLE
BEHAVIOUR
BEHAVIOURAL ASSESSMENT SCALE FOR INDIAN
CHILDREN WITH MENTAL RETARDATION

2. PART (A)
DEAL WITH SKILLS BEHAVIOUR
It is used for understanding the strength and needs of
the children with Mental Retardation to develop the
educational programmes.

3. PART (B)
DEAL WITH UNDESIRABLE BEHAVIOUR
It is used to assess the problem behaviours of the
children with Mental Retardation to intervenes and
reduce the problem behaviour which are the main
hindrances for their learning.
Both the parts are useful for assessment of
adaptive behaviour and maladaptive behaviour of
children with Mental Retardation for classroom
management.

4. PART (A)
DEAL WITH SKILLS
BEHAVIOUR

5. DEAL WITH SKILLS BEHAVIOUR
 Motor
 Activities of Daily Living
 Language
 Number
 Reading
 Domestic-Social
 Pre-vocational
It has seven areas and each area has ‘40’ items. The details
of the test domains are given below:

6. (1) Motor
GROSS MOTOR:
 Runs, jumps, Rides a bicycle
 Walks up and down stairs, etc.
FINE MOTOR:
 Holds object, Unscrews a bottle lid
 Pick up light weight object, etc.

7. (2) Activities of Daily Living
•(a) EATING:
 Eats by Self,
 Mixes Rice by Self
 Drinks from Cup or Glass, etc.
•(b) TOILETING:
 Indicates toilet needs,
 Washes self after toilet use, etc.

8. •(c) BRUSHING:
 Brushes Teeth,
 Spits Paste,
 Rinses Mouth, etc.
•(d)BATHING:
 Pours water on self,
 Washes Face With Soap,
 Applies Soap on Body, etc.
Cont...

9. • DRESSING:
 Undresses by Self,
 Puts on Shirt,
 Buttons unbuttons, etc.
• GROOMING
 Applies Powder, Combs Hair,
 Clips Nails, etc.
Cont...

10. (3) Language
 (i)RECEPTIVE:
 Points to Pictures in a Book,
 Arranges Pictures After Listening to a Story, etc.
 (ii)EXPRESSIVE:
 Speaks in Simple Sentence,
 Names Common Objects in Use , etc.

11. (4) Number
• NUMBER and TIME:
 Counts Five Objects Meaningfully,
 Add Single Digit Numbers,
 Identifies Day,
 Date and Months of year , etc.

12. (5) Reading
 READING and WRITING:
 Matching, Identification,
 Naming of Pictures, words,
 Reads Sight Words,
 Scribbling,
 Tracing,
 Copying,
 Writing from Memory Words , etc.

13. (6) Domestic- Social
 Washes Plate After using,
 Dries Cloths,
 Greets Family Members,
 Others,
 Obeys Commands,
 Respond to Own Name , etc.

14. (7) Pre-vocational
 Does Simple Embroidery Work,
 Uses Screwdriver,
 Recognise Value of Coins,
 Adds or Transacts Money, etc.

15. PART (B)
(DEAL WITH UNDESIRABLE
BEHAVIOUR)

16. PART (B)
(DEAL WITH UNDESIRABLE BEHAVIOUR)
It has ten areas and each areas having all together ’75’
items. Different areas have different varying number of
items. The details of the test are given below:
• Violent and distractive
behaviour
• Temper tantrums
• Misbehaviour with
other
• Self injurious
behaviour
• Repetitive behaviour
• Odd behaviour
• Hyper activity
• Rebellious
behaviour
• Anti social
behaviour
• Fears and others

17. (i) Violent and distractive behaviour
VIOLENT and DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOURS:
 Tears book,
 Breaks things,
 Throws objects, etc.

18. (ii) Temper Tantrums
 Rolls on The Floor,
 Screams,
 Cries Excessively, etc.

19. (iii) Misbehaviour with Other
 Pulls Objects from Others,
 Spits on Others,
 Beats Others, etc.

20. (iv)Self Injurious Behaviour
 Bangs head,
 Scratches self,
 Pulls own hair,
 Bites self,
 Peels skin, etc.

21. Repetitive Behaviour
 Rocks body,
 Nods head,
 Shakes part of the body repeatedly, etc.

22. Odd Behaviour
 Smiles,
 Laughs to self without reason,
 Talks to self without reason,
 Collects rubbish, etc

23. Hyper Activity
 Does not sit at one place for required time,
 Does not complete task at hand, etc.

24. Rebellious Behaviour
 Refuses to obey commands,
 Does opposite of what is requested, etc.

25. Anti Social Behaviour
 Steals,
 Cheats in games,
 Lies or twists the truth,
 Blames other

26. Fears and Others
 Fear of places,
 Persons,
 Animal,
 Objects, etc.

27. Administration

28. BASIC MR PART-A
The information is collected through observation,
interview he parents and report from the teachers and
caretakers. The degree of performance in each item could
be noted by different points. The description of the points
is described below:
Scoring :
• Independent 5
• Clueing 4
• Verbal Prompting 3
• Physical Prompting 2
• Total Dependent 1
• Not Applicable 0

29. BASIC MR PART-B
 The information is collected direct observation techniques rather than
interview techniques to determine if the child has or does not have the
state problem behaviour. The degree of performance in each item could
be noted by different points. The description of the points is described
below:
 NEVER : ‘0’
 OCACASIONAL : ‘1’
 FREQUENTLY : ‘2’

30. Mohammad Shadab Alam
M.Ed. Spl. Edu. (MR/ID)
NIMH ( 2015 – 17 )