# Manual for the Temperament and Atypical Behavior Scale (TABS)

Early Childhood Indicators of Developmental Dysfunction

This helpful guide moves professionals step-by-step through the norm-referenced screening and assessment tool, **Temperament and Atypical Behavior Scale (TABS): Early Childhood Indicators of Developmental Dysfunction.**

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| 64228 | 978-1-55766-422-8 |
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| 1999 | 128 |
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This helpful guide moves professionals step-by-step through the screening and assessment tool, **Temperament and Atypical Behavior Scale (TABS): Early Childhood Indicators of Developmental Dysfunction.** It includes:

- an introduction to the **TABS** materials
- procedures for administration, scoring, and interpreting results
- an overview of the importance of and dysfunctions related to temperament and self-regulation
- reliability and validity data including normative means, standard deviations, and cutoff scores for both typical and atypical samples
- cultural and language adaptations
- guidelines, examples, and research-based behavioral interventions

Practical and thorough instructions, combined with illustrative case examples, show professionals how best to use the **TABS** system in their individual programs and with the families they serve.

This manual is used with **TABS**, a norm-referenced screening and assessment tool designed to identify temperament and self-regulation problems that may indicate a child's risk for developmental delay. For use with children ages 11 to 71 months, **TABS** can be used for screening, research, determining eligibility for special services, planning programs, and monitoring child progress and program effectiveness.

Learn more about the whole [TABS system](/content/resource-center/screening-and-assessment/tabs/index.html).

## Reviews

: E-STREAMS - February 20, 2008

A recommended book for personal libraries and a must book for all health science libraries.

Authors: [John T. Neisworth Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=1090&Name=John+T.+Neisworth+Ph.D.), [Stephen J. Bagnato Ed.D., NCSP](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3812&Name=Stephen+J.+Bagnato+Ed.D.%2c+NCSP), [John Salvia D.Ed.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3852&Name=John+Salvia+D.Ed.), [Frances M. Hunt Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3837&Name=Frances+M.+Hunt+Ph.D.)