1. The BRIGANCE® Screens-II
City/State
Date

2. Why Screen Children?
To identify any child who should be referred for a more comprehensive evaluation to determine the existence of a giftedness or disability and the need for special placement.
To help determine the most appropriate initial placement or grouping of children.
To assist the teacher in planning a more appropriate program for the child.
To comply with mandated screening requirements.

3. Developmental Screening
Screening is a brief…procedure designed to quickly evaluate a large number of children to determine who should be referred for further assessment.
Screening is not an end in itself. Screening instruments are “early alert systems” that can help to focus assessment and observation.
Eligibility, intervention, and delayed entry into kindergarten decisions should not be made solely from screening results.

4. Highlights of the BRIGANCE® Screens-II
Quick Sampling of Skills in Key Areas (10-15 min)
Wide Range of Scores-raw scores, age equivalents, percentiles, quotients
Reliable, Accurate, Valid
Easy to interpret (staff and parents)
No special training needed-simplified procedures enhance reliability
Social-Emotional/Self Help Scales
Additional resources include teacher and parent forms
Full color pictures

5. Highlights of the BRIGANCE® Screens-II
Sensitivity: percentage of children with true problems correctly identified by a screening instrument. At least 70% of children with true problems should score below cutoffs on the BRIGANCE® Screens-II.
Specificity: percentage of children without true difficulties correctly identified by passing, normal, or negative findings. Close to 80% of children without problems should score above cutoffs.

6. The BRIGANCE® Screens-II
Infant and Toddler Screen-II
Birth to 23 months
Early Preschool Screen-II
2-year-old and 2 1/2-year-old
Preschool Screen-II
3-year-old and 4-year-old
K&1 Screen-II
Kindergarten and First Grade

7. Skill Areas of the Screens-II
Gross-Motor
Fine-Motor
Self-Help
Social-Emotional
Receptive and Expressive Language
Visual /Graphomotor
Articulation/Verbal Fluency/Syntax
Quantitative Concepts
Personal Information
Prereading/Reading

8. Computing Chronological Age
First date is date of screening
Second date is child’s birth date
Write the dates year-month-day
Start subtraction with days
If there are not enough days borrow a month (always 30 days)
If there are not enough months borrow a year (always 12 months)
If the number of days is 15 or higher, increase month by 1

9. Computing Chronological Age

10. Correcting for Prematurity
For children being screened with the Infant or Toddler Screen-II who were 4 or more weeks premature.
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11. The Data Sheets

12. The Data Sheets

30. Application Exercise Find a partner.
Decide who will be the screener and who will be the student.
Find the appropriate Data Sheet.
Compute the chronological age.
Administer the screen in 15 minutes.
Score the Data Sheet.
We will discuss the meaning of scores later.

31. Find the child’s chronological age.
Cutoff Scores
Find the child’s chronological age.
Look first at the cutoff for possible disabilities or delays.
If the child scored well above those cutoffs, look to the cutoffs for giftedness.
Remember that scores below cutoffs do not necessarily mean there are disabilities. You may want to begin instruction and re-screen.

32. The Data Sheets

34. Find the child’s chronological age.
Cutoff Scores
Find the child’s chronological age.
Look first at the cutoff for possible disabilities or delays.
If the child scored well above those cutoffs, look to the cutoffs for giftedness.
Remember that scores below cutoffs do not necessarily mean there are disabilities. You may want to begin instruction and re-screen.
Find child’s age
Compare child’s score to cutoff

35. Social-Emotional/Self-Help Scales
Separate section in the Early Preschool, Preschool, and K&1 Screens
Incorporated into assessments in the Infant & Toddler Screen
Parent component provides home-school connect
Cutoffs indicate Above Average, Average, or Below Average performance

41. Additional Resources in the Screens-II
Screening Observations Form
Parent and Teacher Rating Forms
Parent-child Interaction Form (Infant & Toddler Screen)
Reading Readiness Scale (K&1 Screen)
Supplemental assessments
Growth Indicator Chart
Coordination chart for IED-II

42. Spanish Direction Booklets
Spanish directions and student responses for assessments and supplemental assessments
Spanish Data Sheets
Spanish translations for all forms, including Social-Emotional/Self-Help Scales
Data Sheets and forms may be reproduced

48. The BRIGANCE® IED-II serves as…
An assessment instrument to…
Determine present levels of performance
Identify strengths and weaknesses
Identify instructional objectives
An instructional guide
A tracking system that is specific, ongoing, and easily interpreted
A tool for developing and communicating ISFPs and IEPs

49. Features of the BRIGANCE® IED-II
Developmental ages birth through 7 years
Comprehensive--ensures applicability for children with a wide range of skills and abilities
Comprehensive skill sequences--allow progress to be shown in smaller increments
Criterion-referenced testing offers flexibility
Norm-referenced testing provides data

51. Developmental Record Book

52. Instructional Activities in the Readiness Prescriptive
Instructional activities correlated to the Screens and the IED-II
Rich teacher support includes objectives, rationale, suggestions for teaching, indications of and possible reasons for learning difficulties
Read-to-Me book lists extend learning
Parent letters provide activities for home learning
Student learning plans allow children to take responsibility for their learning

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