Abstract: This research was to investigate the relationship between functional independence and adap-tive behavior in children with cerebral palsy using FunctionaI Independence Measure for Children(WeeFIM)and the Chinese version of Children’s Adaptive Behavior Scale(CABS).18 children with cere-bral palsy were measured.12 were males and 6 were females.Age ranged from 3 to 12,and average agewas 5.9444(SD= 1.9242).Results showed that the dimensions of the motor subscale of WeeFLM werepositively correlated to the independence of CAI3s(r=0.5725～0.7146);the dimensions of cognitive sub-scale of WeeFIM were also positively correlated to three elements of CABS(r=0.531 0～0.7873).WeeFIM total scores were positively correlated to the developmental quotierit of CABS(r=0.7053).Thisresearch showed that functional independence and adaptive behavior in cerebral palsy children were related,because the ditnensions of WeeFIM were correlated to the elements of CABS.WeeFIM can,therefore,re-flect the functions of cerebral palsy children in quantitative scales.This research can provide a new measure-ment which can be applied to the functional evaluation in medical rehabilitation of cerebral palsy.

Key words: cerebral palsy, functional independence, adaptive behavior, relationship