Brigance Inventory of Early Development (IED ii)

The Brigance Inventory of Early Development ii (IED-ii)

The IED-ii is designed to provide information on how a child is performing in 5 key norm-referenced/standardized developmental areas: 1) Language Domain (receptive and expressive) 2) Motor Domain (gross motor and fine motor skills) 3) Academic-Cognitive (general/quantitative and pre-reading skills) 4) Daily Living Domain (self-help and prevocational) 5) Social-Emotional Domain (play skills and behavior and engagement/initiation skills)

The IED-ii also provides information in 11 key criterion-referenced skill based developmental areas: Developmental Sections with Comprehensive Skills Sequences 1) Perambulatory Motor Skills and Behaviors 2) Gross-Motor Skills and Behaviors 3) Fine-Motor Skills and Behaviors 4) Self-help Skills 5) Speech and Language Skills 6) General Knowledge and Comprehension 7) Social-Emotional Development Early Academic Skills Sections 8) Readiness 9) Basic Reading Skills 10)Manuscript Writing 11)Basic Math

Ages: Birth to Age 7 Purpose: norm and criterion-referenced measure designed to identify strengths and weaknesses of the child and can be used for:

• diagnostic as well as classroom assessment (using normed and standardized scores) • progress monitoring • program evaluation

Accessibility: available in English Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation: easy to administer, and the criterion referenced aspect of the test does not require complex scoring procedures. Length and Structure: takes 20–55 minutes to complete depending on the age of the child Developed by: Albert H. Brigance

References: www.curriculumassociates.com/products/detail.aspx?title=BrigIED2# www.cup.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/FINAL-Brigance-IED-II_June-2012.pdf