Thompson James R, Shaw Leslie A, Shogren Karrie A, Sigurðsson Tryggvi, Stefánsdóttir Guðný
University of Kansas.
Cornell University.
Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2020 Jul 1;125(4):318-334. doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-125.4.318.
An innovation in developing the Supports Intensity Scale-Children's Version (SIS-C) was the adoption of latent variable modeling approaches to norm development. In regard to translated versions of the SIS-C, the latent modeling approaches provided opportunities to leverage the large standardization sample generated in the United States (n = 4,015) to generate translation-specific norms from data collected on smaller samples in other countries and enable future cross-cultural analyses. In this study, data were collected on children in Iceland who received special education services (as defined and delivered in Iceland), a more diverse group of children with disabilities than the U.S. sample. This provided a unique context to explore cross-cultural differences. Findings indicated the structure of the SIS-C (i.e., seven support need domains organized under an overall support needs construct), was supported in the Icelandic context. However, findings also suggested that supports planning teams in Iceland must consider specific age-related factors that differ from other cultural contexts.
在开发支持强度量表儿童版（SIS-C）方面的一项创新是在常模制定中采用了潜在变量建模方法。关于SIS-C的翻译版本，潜在建模方法提供了机会，利用在美国生成的大型标准化样本（n = 4,015），根据在其他国家较小样本上收集的数据生成特定于翻译版本的常模，并进行未来的跨文化分析。在本研究中，收集了冰岛接受特殊教育服务儿童（按照冰岛的定义和提供方式）的数据，这是一组比美国样本更多样化的残疾儿童。这为探索跨文化差异提供了独特的背景。研究结果表明，SIS-C的结构（即，在总体支持需求结构下组织的七个支持需求领域）在冰岛背景下得到了支持。然而，研究结果还表明，冰岛的支持规划团队必须考虑与其他文化背景不同的特定年龄相关因素。
