Assessing the Social-emotional and Adaptive Behavior Scores of Bayley-IIIScales, for Normal Egyptian Infants and Toddlers

Background : Early assessment of the child's developmental skills especially socialemotional and adaptive behavior skills is very important for early treatment and preventing problems. TheBayley-III scales are a worldwide valid tool for assessment of the children`s different developmental skills.This study aimedtoassess the social-emotional and adaptive behavior scores of Bayley-III scales, for normal Egyptian infants and toddlers . Method:Across-sectional comparative design was used .Setting :The study was performed at the neonatal intensive care unitfollow-up clinic and the Staff Day Work nursery both affiliated to Mansoura University Children Hospital .Subjects :a convenience sample of all available young children ranged in age 3 months to 42 months and 16 days of both genders )n=140 .(Tools:tool (I):structured interview questionnaire sheet developed with ؛ Part (1 :(characteristics of the participated infants/toddlers .Part (2 :(characteristics ofthe participated children`s parents،tool (II :(The researcher has adopted and used twointerview questionnaires of the Bayley-III scales of Infant and Toddler Development ، Third Edition :(1) Social-emotional scale questionnaire and (2) Adaptive behavior scale questionnaire.Results :This study demonstrated that the social-emotional scale of the Bayley-IIIhadahighmean row score and mean composite score which exceeded the USA scores .Conclusion :The results suggested that the social-emotional scale and the adaptive Behavior scale of the Bayley-III can be feasible instruments for assessment of the Egyptian children'sdevelopment.Recommendations:An adapted translated version of the Social -emotional and Adaptive behavior Scalescanhelp in improving and contributing to the research and clinical field.