26.2 Survey

OMB #: 0925-0593

OMB Expiration Date: 07/31/2013

Neuropsychosocial BITSEA SAQ, Phase 2e

Brief Infant Toddler Social Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) SAQ

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Event:	12-Month, 30-Month
Participant:	Child
Respondent:	Parent/Caregiver
Domain:	Neuropsychosocial
Type of Document:	Self-Administered Questionnaire
Allowable Mode:	Phone, Mail
Allowable Method:	PAPI
Recruitment Groups:	EH, PB, HI, LI, PBS
Version:	1.0
Release: Publisher: NCS Contact:	MDES 3.0 Pearson/PsychCorp Carol Andreassen Westat 301-251-1500

The Brief Infant Toddler Social-Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) is a screening instrument appropriate for children from 12 through 36 months of age. It is a short form of the Infant Toddler Social-Emotional Assessment (ITSEA) and consists of 42 items that describe child behaviors that are associated with social competence and behavior problems.

The Problem Behavior domain consists of externalizing and internalizing behaviors. Externalizing behaviors include impulsivity, aggression-defiance, and aggression against peers and are often associated with subsequent ASHD, oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct disorder.

The Social Competence domain is comprised of items that assess compliance, attention, mastery motivation, imitation/play, empathy and prosocial peer relations. Competence in age appropriate social-emotional tasks increases the likelihood of continued competence and may minimize the emergence and persistence of problem behaviors. Conversely, delays in social-emotional competence most likely increase the risk for subsequent social-emotional and behavioral problems.

The BITSEA is available in English and Spanish and is a proprietary questionnaire.

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 10 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: NIH, Project Clearance Branch, 6705 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7974, Bethesda, MD 20892-7974, ATTN: PRA (0925-0593*). Do not return the completed form to this address.