| Measure Description | Source of measure | DeGangi, G., Poisson, S., Sickel, R., & Wiener, A. S. (1995). Infant/Toddler Symptom Checklist: A screening tool for parents. Tucson, AZ: Therapy Skill Builders. |
| Mode of administration | Parent-report survey | |
| Age range for use | 7-30 months | |
| Domains Assessed | Sensory and regulatory disorders. Specific domains are: (1) self-regulation, (2) attention, (3) sleep, (4) eating/feeding, (5) dressing, bathing, and touch, (6) movement, (7) listening and language, (8) looking and sight, (9) attachment/emotional functioning | |
| Related Measures | N/A | |
| Burden | Training needed to administer | No training necessary to administer. Interpretation requires an understanding of domains or training. |
| Minutes to complete | 10-20 minutes | |
| # of items | 21 items on the screener. Age-specific surveys have more items, and number of items varies based on version. | |
| Cost | Yes | |
| Adaptation for AIAN use | Adapted | No |
| Developer allows adaptation? | No | |
| Used with AIAN populations? | Brown, Olson, & Crodinger (2010) used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Studies–Birth Cohort, which included American Indian families (approximately 2% of sample of over 10,000 families). | |
| Psychometrics | Norm-referenced | No |
| AIAN: Cronbach's alpha range | None reported | |
| AIAN: Evidence of validity | In Brown, Olson, & Crodinger (2010), AI children's sensory regulation was related to their mother's alcohol use. No other information regarding validity in AIAN population has been provided. | |
| Other populations: Cronbach's alpha range | None reported | |
| Other populations: Evidence of validity | Concurrent validity was demonstrated by comparing ITSC scores to scores on three other validated measures. Also, the measure has been shown to have predictive validity - 78% of infants who were identified as having problems on the ITSC were diagnosed with developmental or behavioral problems at 3 years of age using other standardized measures (DeGangi, Poisson, Sickel, & Santman, 1995). However, the sample that was tested was majority white and middle class, so further research to examine the cultural sensitivity is necessary. ITSC is also correlated with media use (Radesky, Silverstein, Zuckerman, & Christakis, 2013). ITSC relates to measures of infant crying and temperament (deLeon & Karraker, 2007). Greater maternal alcohol use relates to more problems on ITSC (Brown, Olson, & Croninger, 2010). | |
| Source | Developer | Therapy Skill Builders (part of Psychological Corporation). Authors: Georgia DeGangi, Susan Poisson, Ruth Sickel, & Andrea Santman Wiener |
| Link | Not available | |
| Summary | Comments about sensitivity to change | None reported |
| General remarks | None indicated |