BDI-2 (Battelle Development Index)

Question 1

Purpose of BDI?

Answer 1

Assessment of typically developing child

Assessment and identification of the child with a disability or developmental delay

Planning and providing instruction and intervention

Evaluation of programs serving children

Question 2

ICF levels addressed =

Answer 2

Restriction

Activity limitation

Personal factors

Question 3

What domains does the BDI address?

Answer 3

5 domains:
1. Adaptive (self-care, personal responsibility)
2. Personal-social (Adult/peer interaction, self-concept, social role)
3. Communication (receptive/expressive communication)
4. Motor (gross, fine, perceptual)
5. Cognitive (attention, memory, reasoning, academic, perception)

Question 4

Population BDI can test

Answer 4

Birth to 8 years old (larger than most tests can use on infants too)

Intellectual disabilities, deafness or hard of hearing, deaf-blindness, visual impairments, emotional disturbances, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairments, or other health related impairments

Question 5

Advantages of the BDI

Answer 5

Covering a *wide variety of developmental skills
Easy to administer
Very clear guidelines for the objective scoring of each task in each subdomain
**Gives an overall picture of child before starting PT

Question 6

Disadvantages of BDI

Answer 6

Long completion time if each section is to be done, and a lack of attention and motivation from the child towards the end of the test

Question 7

Scoring BDI?

Answer 7

E/ test has score of 0 (lowest).- 2 (highest)
E/ domain is totaled for a raw score
Raw scored –> used in appendix to find age equivalency