title: A description of adaptive and maladaptive behaviour in children and adolescents with Cri-du-chat syndrome.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Psychological tests can be useful to record adaptive and maladaptive behaviours of children with intellectual disability. The objective of this study was to describe the adaptive and maladaptive behaviour of children and adolescents with Cri-du-chat syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample consisted of 10 children and adolescents with Cri-du-chat syndrome (mean chronological age=11.3 years, mean mental age=18 months). The developmental quotient was calculated through the Psychoeducational Profile - Revised. An observational protocol was used to record adaptive and maladaptive behaviours.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The number of maladaptive behaviours observed was different among participants. However, all of them had high rates of adaptive behaviours, such as rule-following.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results, though preliminary, justify that we continue to think about the need for psychoeducational interventions aimed at stimulating the repertoire of adaptive behaviours, in people with Cri-du-chat syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Developmental Disorders Program, Center for Health and Biological Sciences, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil. cris@teixeira.org
authors.forename: M C T V
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Emerich
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Orsati
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Rimério
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Gatto
authors.forename: I O
authors.initials: IO
authors.lastname: Chappaz
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001526:Behavioral Symptoms / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000145:classification*; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D002657:Child Development / Q000145:classification*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003410:Cri-du-Chat Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000145:classification* / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012917:Social Adjustment