THE BAYLEY SCALES OF

INFANT AND TODDLER

DEVELOPMENT- 3 RD

EDITION
BY : TAMANNA
2ND BASLP
• INCIDENCE OF DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY IS HIGHER IN
CLINICAL POPULATIONS SUCH AS THOSE BORN PRETERM
OR WITH COMPLICATIONS SUCH AS NEONATAL
ENCEPHALOPATHY.
• EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF DELAY IS CRITICAL AS EARLY
INTERVENTION IS MOST EFFECTIVE IN MINIMISING
IMPAIRMENT; THEREFORE, ROUTINE ASSESSMENT OF
DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES IS RECOMMENDED,
PARTICULARLY AMONG HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS.
• BSID IS A COMMON ASSESSMENT USED IN NEONATES AND
IS ROUTINELY USED IN A CLINICAL SETTING TO ASSESS
THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AT RISK OF DELAY.
THE BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT AND TODDLER DEVELOPMENT—
THIRD EDITION (BAYLEY-III) IS A GOLD STANDARD SERIES OF
BEHAVIOURAL ASSESSMENTS USED BY CLINICIANS AND
RESEARCHERS TO ASSESS THE DEVELOPMENTAL FUNCTIONING
OF YOUNG CHILDREN.

• DEVELOPED BY PSYCHOLOGIST NANCY BAYLEY (PUBLISHED IN

2005) AND WAS USED PRIMARILY TO ASSESS THE DEVELOPMENT
OF INFANTS AND TODDLERS, AGED 1–42 MONTHS.
• THIS MEASURE CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF DEVELOPMENTAL PLAY
TASKS AND TAKES BETWEEN 45 – 60 MINUTES TO ADMINISTER
• IT DERIVES A DEVELOPMENTAL QUOTIENT (DQ) RATHER THAN
AN INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT (IQ).
THE BAYLEY-III REVISION INCLUDES 5 SUB SCALES
(DOMAINS);
COGNITIVE, LANGUAGE, MOTOR, SOCIAL-
EMOTIONAL, AND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR SCALES.
BSID III HAS THE FOLLOWING NUMBER OF ITEMS IN EACH DOMAIN :
• COGNITIVE SCALE - 91 ITEMS
• LANGUAGE SCALE -: RECEPTION- 49 ITEMS
EXPRESSION- 48 ITEMS
• MOTOR SCALE -: FINE MOTOR- 66 ITEMS
GROSS MOTOR- 72 ITEMS
• SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SCALE DERIVED FROM GREENSPAN CHART –
8 ITEMS
• ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR SCALE DERIVED FROM ABAS (ADAPTIVE
BEHAVIOUR ASSESSMENT SYSTEM)
 TEST MATERIALS

• FACIAL TISSUES
• 5 SMALL COINS
• FOOD PELLETS
• SAFETY SCISSORS
• STIMULUS BOOK
• STANDARD STAIRS
• STOP WATCH
• BLANK SHEETS
• CONNECTING BLOCKS
 SCORING
• FOR EVERY QUESTION; 0= INCORRECT
1= CORRECT
• AT THE END OF EACH DOMAIN THE RAW SCORE IS
CALCULATED.
• THEN THESE RAW SCORES ARE EQUALIZED TO THE
AVERAGE AGE IN MONTHS AT WHICH THE GIVEN TOTAL
RAW IS TYPICAL .
• THESE ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE COGNITIVE, LANGUAGE
AND MOTOR DOMAINS.
FOR SERIES ITEMS
 ADVANTAGES
• SINCE IT IS ASSESSED ON YOUNG
CHILDREN, IT CAN HELP THE
PRACTITIONER TO PLAN FOR
EARLY INTERVENTION.
• DETAILED AND DESCRIPTIVE:
GIVES INSIGHT ABOUT CHILD’S
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
ACROSS DOMAINS.
• PARENTS/ CAREGIVER
INVOLVEMENT TO GIVE OVERALL
IDEA ABOUT THE CHILD’S
BEHAVIOR.
LIMITATIONS
• SHOULD NOT BE USED TO MEASURE THE
NATURE OF DEFICITS IN A SPECIFIC SKILLED
AREA. FOR EXAMPLE, DIAGNOSIS OF MOTOR
DELAY CANNOT BE GIVEN BASED ON POOR
PERFORMANCE IN FINE MOTOR SUBTEXT.
• CHILDREN WITH SEVERE PHYSICAL
IMPAIRMENT OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT
WOULD BE UNDER ESTIMATED.
• BSID ASSESSMENT SCORES ARE IMPACTED
PROFOUNDLY BY TESTING CONDITIONS SUCH AS
ENVIRONMENTAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND
PHYSICAL.
 REFERENCES

• HTTPS://WWW.SCRIBD.COM/DOCUMENT/506684885/BAYLEY-SCALE-OF-INFANT
-AND-TODDLER-DEVELOPMENT-3RD-EDITION-ADMINISTRATIO-MANUAL-1
• HTTPS://EN.M.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/BAYLEY_SCALES_OF_INFANT_DEVELOP
MENT
• HTTPS://WWW.NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV/BOOKS/NBK567715/#:~:TEXT=BAYLEY%20S
CALES%20OF%20INFANT%20AND%20TODDLER%20DEVELOPMENT%20IS%20A
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