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The BRIGANCEThe BRIGANCE®® Screens-II Screens-II

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Why Screen Children?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.


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Developmental Developmental ScreeningScreening

• 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.


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Highlights of the Highlights of the BRIGANCEBRIGANCE®® Screens-II 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


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Highlights of the Highlights of the BRIGANCEBRIGANCE®® Screens-II 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.


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The BRIGANCE® Screens-The BRIGANCE® Screens-IIII

• 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


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Skill Areas of the Skill Areas of the Screens-IIScreens-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


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Computing Chronological Computing Chronological AgeAge

• 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


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Computing Chronological Computing Chronological AgeAge

2008 10 23

2004 8 10

2008 10 23

2005 9 30

2008 10 23

2005 12 27


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Correcting for Correcting for PrematurityPrematurity

• For children being screened with the Infant or Toddler Screen-II who were 4 or more weeks premature.

2008 10 232007 12 30

1 14


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The Data SheetsThe Data Sheets


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Application ExerciseApplication 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.


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Cutoff ScoresCutoff 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.


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The Data SheetsThe Data Sheets


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Cutoff ScoresCutoff 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


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Social-Emotional/Self-Social-Emotional/Self-Help ScalesHelp 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


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Additional Resources in Additional Resources in the Screens-IIthe 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


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Spanish Direction Spanish Direction BookletsBooklets

• 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


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The BRIGANCEThe BRIGANCE®® IED-II serves IED-II serves as…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


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Features of the BRIGANCEFeatures of the BRIGANCE®® IED-IIIED-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


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Developmental Record Developmental Record BookBook


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Instructional Instructional Activities in the Activities in the Readiness PrescriptiveReadiness 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 homelearning

• Student learning plans allow childrento take responsibility for their learning


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