Assessments Flashcards
Batelle
Birth-3
For:
-All developmental areas
-Determining eligibility for services
Extras:
-Usually HELP is administered as an adjunct to get more information.
HELP
Birth-6
For:
-All developmental areas
-Can give guidelines for goals and intervention.
Extras:
Criterion-referenced
PEDI-CAT
Birth-20
For:
-A computer adaptive caregiver report which measures Daily Activities, Mobility, Social/Cognitive, and Responsibility.
-It’s designed for use with children and youth with a variety of physical and/or behavioral conditions.
Extras:
-Standardized
-Norm-referenced
Vineland
Birth-90
For:
-Self-care questions
-Conducted through parent interview
Extras:
Aids in diagnosing and classifying intellectual and developmental disabilities and other disorders.
Adaptive behavior is measured in those with:
-Intellectual/developmental disabilities
-ASD
-ADHD
-TBI
-Hearing Impairment
-Dementia/Alzheimer’s
ToP
6 months-18 years
For:
-Measures playfulness by assessing 4 elements considered to contribute to the construct of playfulness: perception of control, freedom from constraints of reality, source of motivation, and ability to give and read social cues
Extras:
- Has been used with children with cerebral palsy, global developmental delay, spina bifida, hemiplegia, and various genetic disorders, also children with autism
-Following 15-20-minute observation of free play in a familiar, supportive environment (ideally indoors and outdoors), traits of the child’s play are scored in the areas of intrinsic motivation, internal control, suspension of reality, give/read social cues.
-Scores fall along a continuum in these areas to create an overall picture of playfulness
Test considers skill, extent, and intensity
-Used to determine optimal intervention to support the development of play skills.
PPS
Birth-6 years
For:
Brief developmental inventory that evaluates their general educational exposure, experiences , growth skills, and can identify children in need of additional supports
Four dimensions of play
Space management
Gross motor
Interest
Material management
Manipulation
Construction
Purpose
Attention
Pretense / Symbolic
Imitation
Dramatization
Participation
Type
Cooperation
Humor
Language
Extras:
Criterion-referenced
-12 items divided into four dimensions
Total score is mean of the four dimensions
-Two 30-minute observations (one indoors, one outdoors) – children should be observed playing in their natural environments.
- Revised Knox Preschool Play Scale
Evolving assessment of play behavior In six month increments birth to three, one year increments 3 – 6 yrs.
PDMS
0-83 months (5 years)
For:
Identify motor mobility
-Gross motor
-Fine motor
-Vision
-Visuomotor
-Eye-hand coordination.
Extras:
-Motor battery
-6 subtests:
-Body control
-Body transport
-Object control
-Physical fitness
-Hand
manipulation
-Eye-hand
coordination
-Both norm and criterion referenced.
-Can be administered in sections.
-Specific sections can be administered for
VMI
2-7 years old (short form)
2-100 (normal)
For:
-Visual perception
-Visuospatial skills
-Fine motor
-Bilateral coordination
-Perceptual motor skills
Extras:
-Start at the beginning
-Predictor of handwriting.
-Imitation is only done up to the age of 5.
-Must have a set up suitable for their size.
-If there are errors on 3 consecutive drawings, stop the test.
-Look for the angles and the position of the drawing one the page; decent intersection required if they draw and x/+.
-Norm-Referenced
-2 supplemental (optional):
-Visual Perception; timed 2 minutes to look then choose.
-Motor Coordination;
TVPS
5-21yrs & 11 mths
For:
-Visual discrimination
-Visual memory
-Spatial relationships
-Form constancy
-Sequential memory
-Visual figure ground
-Visual closure
Extras:
-Has 7 subtests
-Start at item #1 for 5-11 yos and item 4-12+ yos
BOT
4-21 years
For:
-Motor test only
Extras:
-Norm-referenced
-Must use a red pencil
MFUN
2.6 – 7.11 years
For:
-Motor-focused test:
-Visual Motor
-Fine Motor
-Gross Motor
-Determine if the child possesses basic motor skills necessary for early school participation.
-Identify delays in visual moto, fine motor, and gross motors skills.
-Determine eligibility for services to address motor delays.
-Identify underlying neuromotor problems.
-Assist with intervention planning.
-Tracks a child’s progress.
Extras:
-Standardized
-Norm-referenced
Draw A Person
For:
-Spatial awareness
-Visual perception
Extras:
Allows one to look at the way the body is drawn; are all the anatomical parts there?
SP
Birth-14
For:
Provides a standardized tool to help evaluate a child’s sensory processing patterns in the context of home, school, and community-based activities.
SPM
5-12 years
For:
Assesses sensory processing, social participation, and praxis. It includes rating scales that are completed by the child’s parent or caregiver and the child’s teacher. The test results are presented in a way that is easy for parents to understand, and help therapists explain the results to parents.
SIPT / EASI
4-8.11
For:
A comprehensive assessment that measures sensory integration and motor performance. It includes 17 subtests that evaluate visual, tactile, vestibular, and proprioceptive functions. The SIPT can help identify disorders of praxis (dyspraxia).
Extras:
Standardized
Norm-Referenced
Clin Obs
For:
- Supine flexion (30 secs)
- Prone extension (30 secs)
- Diadokokineses (forearm pronation and supination; one arm is pronated and the other is supinated and they alternate 5x)
- Sequential Finger touch (opposition eyes open then closed 5x each)
- Tactile localization (touch 4x eyes open then closed & have them indicate where)
- Finger ot nose (eye open then closed 5x each)
- Check for post-rotary nystagmus when the child is on the spin board in one direction then the other.
HHIW
7-10 years
For:
student assesses his/her own handwriting and becomes an active participant in setting goals for improvement. HHIW targets children in second through fifth grade who are in need of Response to Intervention Tier 2 and Tier 3 intervention, or those referred for occupational therapy assessment for consideration of a related service as a result of handwriting difficulties.
Extras:
Standardized
Criterion-Referenced
ETCH
6-12 years
For:
Assesses a child’s legibility and speed of handwriting as well as the child’s pencil management related to writing tasks that are commonly done in a classroom setting
Extras:
Standardized
Criterion-referenced
THS
6-18.11 years
For:
evaluates a student’s ability to write in cursive and manuscript, and their neurosensory integration skills. It can help teachers, occupational therapists, and educational therapists identify areas that may need intervention.
Extras:
Standardized
Norm-referenced
PRINT Tool
5+ years
For:
Assessses letter formation, spacing, and overall quality.
Extras:
Criterion-referenced
SMHP
3-5 years
For:
Focuses on letter size. The program is designed to help children learn to print, and can also be used as handwriting therapy for stroke patients.
Extras:
Standardized
Norm-referenced
