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Issue Date: July 1985
Published Online: July 01, 1985
Updated: April 30, 2020
Reliability of the Behavioral Assessment Scale of Oral Functions in Feeding
Kenneth Ottenbacher; Bonnie Swanton Dauck; Marcia Gevelinger; Valerie Grahn; Christine Hassett
Author Affiliations
  • Kenneth Ottenbacher, PhD, OTR, is Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy Program, University of Wisconsin–Madison 53706
  • Bonnie Swanton Dauck, OTR, Marcia Gevelinger, OTR, Valerie Grahn, OTR, and Christine Hassett, OTR, are associated with the Occupational Therapy Department, Central Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled, Madison, WI 53704
  • Bonnie Swanton Dauck, OTR, Marcia Gevelinger, OTR, Valerie Grahn, OTR, and Christine Hassett, OTR, are associated with the Occupational Therapy Department, Central Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled, Madison, WI 53704
  • Bonnie Swanton Dauck, OTR, Marcia Gevelinger, OTR, Valerie Grahn, OTR, and Christine Hassett, OTR, are associated with the Occupational Therapy Department, Central Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled, Madison, WI 53704
  • Bonnie Swanton Dauck, OTR, Marcia Gevelinger, OTR, Valerie Grahn, OTR, and Christine Hassett, OTR, are associated with the Occupational Therapy Department, Central Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled, Madison, WI 53704
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Rehabilitation, Participation, and Disability / Features
Research Article   |   July 01, 1985
Reliability of the Behavioral Assessment Scale of Oral Functions in Feeding
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, July 1985, Vol. 39, 436-440. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.39.7.436
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, July 1985, Vol. 39, 436-440. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.39.7.436
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Abstract

Interrater and test-retest reliability of the Behavioral Assessment Scale of Oral Functions in Feeding were computed for two separate samples of severely and profoundly handicapped students having oral-motor and feeding disorders. Reliability was assessed using the intraclass correlation-generalizability theory approach and resulted in coefficients ranging from .68 to .84. These values were considered only marginally acceptable by current standards of instrument development advocated in the behavioral sciences. This paper discusses the difficulty in developing psychometrically satisfactory assessment instruments for use with the severely and profoundly developmentally disabled and gives implications for practice and future research.