Battelle Developmental Inventory (BDI-2)

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Publisher: Riverside Publishing 2004

Purpose: To screen, diagnosis and evaluate early development.

Candidates: Birth to 8 years

Administration: Complete BDI: 1 to 2 hours, Screening Test: 10-30 minutes

The Battelle Developmental Inventory (BDI-2) is based on the concept of milestones. That is, a child typically develops by attaining critical skills or behaviours in a certain sequence, and the acquisition of each skill generally depends upon the acquisition of the preceding skills. This instrument may be used by a team of professionals or by an individual service provider. The BDI-2 can be administered to children with various handicapping conditions by using stated modifications. Appropriate for ages birth to 7.11 years, the BDI-2 is ideal for several uses:

• Identification of Children with Disabilities
  • Speech/Language impairments and delays
  • Social/Emotional developmental delays
  • Cognitive delays and mental retardation
  • Motoric impairments and delays
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Hearing impairment and deafness
  • Other health impairments
• Evaluation of Groups of Children with disabilities in Early Education Programs
• Assessment of the Typically developing Child
• Assessment (Screening) for school readiness
• Program evaluation for accountability

• New colourful items
• Child-friendly manipulatives at all ages
• New comprehensive norms, sensitive to the rapid development of children
• Clear, comprehensive scripted Interview items with follow-up probes designed to provide complete information of the child's development
• Choice of either computer or hand scored processing
• Palm (TM)-based (PDA) electronic record form - reduces administration time and improves accuracy of assessment
• Flexible administration allows for use by a team of professionals
• Expanded range of items in all Domains to measure development from birth to 7 years 11 months
• Web-based scoring option for all reports
• A wide range of reports to choose from

Normative data for the BDI-2 were gathered from over 2500 children between the ages of Birth to 7 years 11 months. The normative sample closely matches the 2000 U.S. Census (education level based on 2001 data). Bias reviews were conducted on all items for gender and ethnicity concerns. Item desirability information from examiners was also considered in the selection of the find items.