Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- References -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Historical Overview of Assessment in Intellectual Disability -- I. Introduction -- II. Assessment of ID, Intelligence, and School Performance -- III. Assessment of Personality and Psychopathology in ID -- IV. Assessment of Psychopharmacology in ID -- V. Assessment of Behavior Problems and Skills Deficits in ID -- VI. Assessment of Speech, Language, and Communication in ID -- VII. Work-Related Assessment in ID -- VIII. Assessment of Quality of Life and Family Adaptation in ID -- IX. Interdisciplinary Team Assessment in ID -- X. Summary and Future Directions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2: Assessing Mental Retardation Using Standardized Intelligence Tests -- I. Assessing Mental Retardation Using Standardized Intelligence Tests -- II. Definitions of Mental Retardation -- A. AAMR Definition -- B. American Psychiatric Association Definition -- C. Individually Administered Intelligence Test -- III. Levels of Mental Retardation -- A. Mild Mental Retardation -- B. Moderate, Severe, and Profound Mental Retardation -- IV. Standardized Intelligence (IQ) Testing -- A. What Intelligence Tests Measure -- B. Why IQ Are Administered and What IQ Tests Can Reveal -- C. Stability and Change in IQ Scores for Mentally Retarded Children -- V. Differentiating Children With Mental Retardation From Children With Other Handicaps -- A. Distinguishing Between Mental Retardation and Developmental Delay -- VI. Choosing An Intelligence Test for An Individual Suspected of Having Mental Retardation -- VII. Intelligence Tests Employed for Assessing Mental Retardation -- VIII. Verbal Intelligence Tests Frequently Used to Assess for Mental Retardation -- A. Bayley Scales of Infant Development, Second Edition -- B. Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Third Edition -- C. Differential Ability Scales -- D. McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities -- E. Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition -- F. The Wechsler Scales -- G. Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, Third Edition (WPPSI-III) -- H. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) -- I. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Third Edition (WAIS-III) -- IX. Nonverbal Intelligence Tests Frequently Used to Assess for Mental Retardation -- A. Leiter International Performance Scale -- B. Leiter International Performance Scale-Revised -- X. Special Considerations in Test Administration for Children With Mental Retardation -- A. Test-Specific Considerations -- XI. The Flynn Effect: IQ Scores and Mental Retardation Diagnoses -- XII. Reporting Findings From Standardized Intelligence Tests -- XIII. Summary -- References -- Chapter 3: Adaptive Behavior Scales -- I. History and Definition -- II. Structure of Adaptive Behavior -- III. Review of Scales -- A. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales -- B. AAMR Adaptive Behavior Scales -- C. Scales of Independent Behavior-Revised -- IV. Psychometric Concerns -- A. Basal and Ceiling Effects -- B. Item Sampling and Age Appropriateness -- C&#