Name: ________________________________________________ Birthdate:______________________

Medical Diagnosis: ______________________________________ Date of Evaluation: _____________

Brigance Diagnostic Inventory of Early Development

SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SKILLS

Prespeech Receptive Language

Age Skill Present

Notices faces of others
Stops crying when someone enters the room
0:1
Responds with a smile or coo to friendle speech and
fondling
Anticipates feeding at sight of food (bottle, breast, solid
0:4 food)
Turns eye and head toward sound
Responds to show that he/she understands several
0:6
words
Understands and responds to name
0:7
Understands the word no-no
1:0 Responds to simple commands
1:3 Understands simple questions
1:6 points to familiar objects when requested
Notes:

Prespeech gestures

Age Skill Present

Smiles
0:1 Smiles when talked to
Laughs aloud
Raises arms when parent says Come hear or Up while
0:4
reaching toward child
Shakes hear for no
Waves bye-bye
0:10
Shows affection
Nods head for yes
1:0 Gestures to make wishes known
1:3 Points to something he/she wants another to see
Combines gestures and utterances to make wishes
1:6
known
Notes:

Prespeech vocalization

Age Skill Present

Makes small, throaty sounds
Makes sounds of discomfort
Makes pleasure sounds
Vocalizes tow different vowel sounds
0:1 Makes coos and gurgles (disappearing behavior)
Has a strong cry (disappearing behavior)

Vocalizes or “talks” back when talked to (disappearing

behavior)

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Age Skill Present
Squeals (disappearing behavior)
Babbles, using several consonants (disappearing
0:4 behavior)
Talks to toy or pet (disappearing behavior)
Makes singing tones
Says the words mama and dada with no specific
meaning
0:7
Imitates sounds or words (echolalia) (disappearing
behavior)
Imitates nonspeech sounds
0:10
Says the word mama and dada with meaning
Exhibits unintelligible (immature) jabbering or jargon
1:0
(disappearing behavior)
1:3 – 1:6 Exhibits mature jabbering (disappearing behavior)
Notes:

General speech and language development

Age Skill Present

Says at least three words other than mama and dada
1:0 Has an expressive vocabulary of at least ten words
Calls at least one person by name
Responds to yes or no questions regarding wants and
needs
Has an expressive vocabulary of at least twenty-five
words
1:6
Uses the word no to indicate refusal
Uses subject-predicate phrases (disappearing behavior)
Asks for food when hungry
Refers to self by name(disappearing behavior)
Uses personal pronouns/ and me
Vocalizes toileting needs
Uses three-word phrases (disappearing behavior)
2:0 Fifty percent of speech is intelligible
Uses the word my and mine to indicate possession
Uses three-word sentences
Asks simple questions
Responds to simple yes or no questions related to visual
information
Uses possessive nouns
2:6
Asks “where” questions
Adds ing
Asks “why” questions
Uses simple sentences with pronouns
Answers “who” questions
Uses negative phrases
3:0
Uses past tense
Uses plurals, adding s
Answers “why”
Asks “when” questions
Asks “how” questions
Uses prepositions other than in and on
Answers “where” questions
3:6
Uses plurals other than by adding s
Relates experiences with some understanding of
sequence and ending/closure

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Age Skill Present
Uses some conjunctions
4:0
Define simple words
Asks definition of words
4:6 Can describe differences in objects
Can describe similarities in objects
Participates in conversation without monopolizing it
Uses words related to sequence
5:0 Uses the words tomorrow and yesterday
Answers the telephone, takes simple simple message,
and delivers it
Verbally shares experiences or items with a group of
6:0
classmates such as during Show and Tell
7:0 Answers “when” questions
Notes:

Length of sentences: average number of words used in sentences

Age Skill Present

2:0 2 words
2:6 3 words
3:0 4 words
5:0 5 words
6:0 – 7:0 6 words
Notes:

Personal data response

Age Skill Present

First name
2:6
Full name
Sex
3:0 Age
Siblings
Name of city/town
4:0
Street address
Birthday (day, month)
5:0
Parents’ names
Telephone number
6:0
Complete address
7:0 Complete birth date (day, month, year)
Notes:

Verbal directions

Age Skill Present

Give me the _____
Come to me
1:3 Sit down
Stand up
Come here
Show me your ___
1:6 Give it to me
Put the ___ in the ___

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 Put it on the _______
2:0 Put it under the _________
Bring it to me
Put the ________ in your pocket
_____toward the _____
3:0 Bring me the _____
______ by the ________
_________ next to the _____
4:0 ________ around the _______
5:0 _______ beside the _______
Notes:

Picture vocabulary
Points to pictures when requested

Age Skill Present

Cat
1:6 Dog
Key
Girl
Man
1:9
Airplane
Apple
Pencil
2:9 Sock
Car
Nail
3:9 Duck
Fish
Tractor
4:9
Snakes
6:0 Owl
Notes:

Names pictures when pointed to

Age Skill Present

Cat
1:9 Dog
Key
Girl
Man
2:0
Airplane
Apple
Pencil
3:0 Sock
Car
Nail
4:0 Duck
Fish
Tractor
5:0
Snake
6:0 Owl
Notes:

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Repeats numbers: repeats numbers presented orally

Age Skill Present

2 digits
2:6 6,4
7,3
3 digits
3,8,5
3:0
7,2,4

4 digits
5:0 7.2,5,4
9,6,5,7
5 digits
6:0 – 7:0 6,1,8,3,9
5,9,3,1,8
Notes:

Sentence memory: repeat sentence of how many syllables

Age Skill Present

1:9 2 syllables
3 syllables
2:0
4 syllables
3:0 5 syllables
6 syllables
4:0 7 syllables
8 syllables
9 syllables
5:0
10 syllables
6:0 11 syllables
7:0 12 syllables
Notes:

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION

Response to and Experience with Books

Age Skill Present

Turns several pages in a book at once
Points to pictures of animals or common objects
1:6
Looks at pictures selectively
Turns book right-side-up
Turns pages individually
2:0
Points to and names simple pictures
2:6 Is interested in “read-to-me” books
Describes actions depicted in pictures
3:0 Takes part in reading by “filling in” words and
phrases
Gains information from books about real things
Tries to read books from memory
Follows along in a book being read
4:0
Can tell context of a story but may confuse facts

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 Retells story from a picture book with reasonable
accuracy
5:0 Attempts to read by looking at pictures
Reads some words by sight

Tries to read words by using word-attack skills –

6:0 phonics, context clues, or picture clues
Reads simple stories aloud
-7:0 Distinguishes fantasy and reality
Notes:

Body Parts – Receptive

Age Skill Present

Mouth
Eyes
1:6
Nose
Feet
Hair
Tongue
Head
Ears
Hands
Legs
2:0
Arms
Fingers
Stomach
Back
Teeth
Toes
Chin
Thumbs
3:0 Knees
Neck
Fingernails
Chest
Heels
4:0
Ankles
Jaw
Shoulders
Elbows
5:0
Hips
Wrists
-6:0 Waists
Notes:

Body Parts – Expressive

Age Skill Present

Mouth

Eyes
2:0
Nose

Feet

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Age Skill Present
Hair
Head
Ears
Hands
Legs
2:6
Arms
Fingers
Stomach
Back
Toes
Chin
Thumbs
3:6 Knees
Neck
Fingernails
Chest
Heels
4:6
Ankles
Jaw
Shoulders
Elbows
5:6
Hips
Wrists
-6:6 Waists
Notes:

Colors

1. Matches:

Age Skill Present

Red
2:0
Blue
Green
Yellow
2:6
Orange
Purple
Brown
Black
3:0
Pink
Gray
-4:0 White
Notes:

2. Points to when requested

Age Skill Present

Red
3:0
Blue
Green
Yellow
3:6
Orange
Purple

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 Brown
Black
4:0
Pink
Gray
-5:0 White
Notes:

3. Names when pointed to:

Age Skill Present

Red
3:6
Blue
Green
Yellow
4:0
Orange
Purple
Brown
Black
4:6
Pink
Gray
-5:6 White
Notes:

Shape Concepts

1. Matches

Age Skill Present

Circle
3:0
Square
Triangle
4:0
Rectangle
-5:6 Diamond
Notes:

2. Points to when requested

Circle
3:6
Square
Triangle
4:6
Rectangle
-6:0 Diamond
Notes:

3. Names when pointed to

4:0 Circle
Square
5:0 Triangle
Rectangle
-6:6 Diamond
Notes:

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Quantitative Concepts

Age Skill Present

Many/one
2:0
Little/big
Empty/full
3:0
Light/heavy
Short/tall
Thin/fat
3:6
Less/more
Short/long
Slow/fast
4:0 Few/many
Thin/thick
-5:0 Narrow/wide
Notes:

Directional/Positional Concepts

Age Skill Present

Close/open
2:0 Front/back
In/out
Behind/in front of
3:0 Bottom/top
Over/under
Up/down
Forward/backward
4:0 Away from/toward
Low/high
Above/below
Center/corner
5:0
Right/left
6:0 – 7:0 Right/left of others
Notes:

Classifying

Age Skill Present

Animals

Toys
3:0
Means of travel or things to ride in

Clothes

Foods

Dishes
4:0
People

Pets

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 Numbers

Things to read
5:0
Fruits

Vegetables

Tools

6:0 Furniture

Shape

-7:0 Musical instruments

Notes:

Knows what to do in different situations: What do you do when you _________?

Age Skill Present

Are sleepy
Are cold
Are tired
Are hungry
3:0
Cut your finger
Are sick
See your hands are dirty
Wants to go into a room that is dark
See your chow is untied
4:0 Are thirsty
Want to go outside and it is raining
5:0 See a house on fire
6:0 Break something that belongs to someone else
-7:0 Are offered candy by a stranger
Notes:

Knows use of objects: Why do we have ___________ ?

Age Skill Present

Chairs
2:0 Cars
Beds
Houses
2:6 Pencils
Dishes
Books
3:0 Telephones
Scissors
Keys
4:0 Refrigerators
Airplanes
-6:0 Clocks
Notes:

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Knows function of community helpers: Why do we have _______________?

Age Skill Present

Doctors
Nurses
Firefighters
5:3
Police officers
Mail carriers
Dentists
Teachers
Farmers
6:3 Mechanics
Carpenters
Painters
-7:0 Grocers or storekeepers
Notes:

Knows where to go for services: Where do we go when we _________________?

Age Skill Present

Are very sick
Want to buy bread
Want to buy milk
5:3
Want to see animals, like tiger and bear
Want to buy clothes
Want to buy medicine
Want to borrow a book
Want to buy stamps for a letter
6:3 Need a haircut
Need to wash clothes
Want our car repaired
-7:0 Need some clothes dry-cleaned
Notes:

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