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Bayley; BSID-III
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The Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-Third Edition (BSID-III; 2006) is considered to be the reference standard for developmental assessment. It is an individually administered test, applicable from 1 to 42 months of age. The primary purpose of the BSID-III is to identify children with developmental delay and to provide information for interventions.
The BSID-III was normed on 1700 children (divided into 17 age groups) and development is assessed across five domains: Cognitive (91 items), Language (49 receptive and 48 expressive), Motor (66 fine motor and 72 gross motor), Social-Emotional, and Adaptive. Like its predecessors, the BSID-III is a modified power test. Assessment of the first three domains is accomplished by item administration, while the latter two are completed using caregiver response to a questionnaire. A Behavior Observation Inventory can be completed by both the examiner and the caregiver and allows assessment of the...
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Aylward, G.P. (2018). Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_1522
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