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Developmental Screening Social Emotional Tools
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| Social Emotional Tools | |||
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Ages & Stages Questionnaire- Social and Emotional 2002 |
Brief Infant-Toddler Social/Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) 2000 |
Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC)
1998 |
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| Purpose | “An easy-to-use tool with a deep, exclusive focus on children’s social and emotional behavior.” | “A screener for social-emotional/behavioral problems and delays in competence.” | “The Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) is a brief screening questionnaire that is used by pediatricians and other health professionals to improve the recognition and treatment of psychosocial problems in children.” |
Developmental Areas or Methods |
Addresses 7 behavioral areas: self-regulation, compliance, communication, adaptive functioning, autonomy, affect, interaction with people |
Externalizing, internalizing, dysregulation, and competencies |
Screens for general psychosocial problems |
| Population and age span targeted by tool | 6-60 months (with separate questionnaires for 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 48, and 60 month intervals) Questionnaires can be used within 3 months of suggested interval up to 30 months; for the 36, 48, and 60 month intervals, the questionnaire can be used within 6 months |
12-36 months | 4-16 years |
| Cultural, ethnic, linguistic sensitivity | Available in Spanish and English |
Normed on an ethnically and socially diverse population; Available in English and Spanish |
Test population was a large representative sample. Test is available in Spanish and Chinese. |
| Reliability | Interrater: .82 Test-retest: .94 |
Test-retest: .82-.90 Inter-rater (mother/father): .58-.79 |
Test-retest: .84 to .91 |
| Validity | Concurrent: .93 |
Evaluator ratings of dysregulation correlated significantly with ITSEA reports of problems in all areas and ITSEA Dysregulation correlated with evaluator ratings of Internalizing/ Externalizing problems. | The report issued by the authors used specificity and sensitivity measures for validity. |
Sensitivity/Specificity |
Sensitivity: 71-85% Specificity: 90-98% |
Sensitivity: 80-99% Specificity: 80-89% |
Sensitivity: 80-95% Specificity: 68-100% |
| Practicality (time to administer and score, ease of administration) | Takes about 10-15 minutes to complete |
139 items/60 items, about 30 minutes to complete |
9-12 minutes if an interview is needed (35 items) 2- 5 minutes if a parent completes |
| Minimum expertise for screeners and scorers | Written to 6 th grade reading level; easy for parents to complete; can be scored by a paraprofessional | Individuals who are trained in the administration of psychometric tests should assess children’s results. |
No special qualifications necessary for scoring. Children with positive scores should be further evaluated by a qualified health (MD, RN) or mental health (PhD, LICSW) professional |
| Cost | $125 for the complete kit |
New kit available in Fall 2005; preview kit available now for $99 | Free |
| Publisher | Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co. |
Harcourt Assessment |
Massachusetts General Hospital |
