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The Brief Infant-Toddler Social & Emotional Assessment (BITSEA)(Briggs-Gowan & Carter, 2002) ©Scoring Instructions:1) Convert all “N” (no opportunity) responses to 0N responses are possible for the following two items:“Plays well with other children”“Hits, shoves, kicks or bites other children.”2) Problem domain:Sum the responses to the following questions: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24,26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42If 6 or more problem questions are unanswered, we recommend that you do not use the problemsum.3) Competence domain:Sum the responses to the following questions: 1, 5, 10, 13, 15, 19, 20, 22, 25, 29, 31If 2 or more competence questions are unanswered, we recommend that you do not use thecompetence sum.Cutpoints:Problem scores that fall at or above the values listed below are considered high problems.Competence scores that fall at or below the values listed below are considered to indicate lowcompetence.Girls BoysBITSEA Scale:Cutpoint CutpointProblems12-17 months 13 1518-23 months 15 1524-29 months 13 1430-35 months 14 14Competence12-17 months 11 1118-23 months 15 1324-29 months 15 1430-35 months 15 14Combining a child’s status on the Problem and Competence cutpoints provides most sensitive detectionof problems and delays in competence. By combining cutpoints we mean that if a child has a highproblem score and/or a low competence score s/he would be considered to screen positive on theBITSEA.© Protected under Copyright law. Used here with the permission of the authors.CT Birth to Three System • Service Guideline #1 • Revised July, 2002 and January, 2008 35