OT 6415 Final test- Pediatric Tests

Question 1

BOT- 2 Test

Answer 1

• Test Type: Motor proficiency based on engaging in GOAL-DIRECTED activities
• Age range: 4-21 years
• Measures: motor skills NOT occupational performance

Question 2

Advantages of BOT-2

Answer 2

• Wide age-range
• Norm-referenced
• Good test-retest reliability (parametric properties)
• Pictures with instructions (allows for verbal or visual instructions)
• Atypical populations included in sample

Question 3

Disadvantages of BOT-2

Answer 3

• Time consuming
• Expensive
• Subjectivity in scoring
• Can be difficult for younger children
• Evaluates motor components over functional occupation

Question 4

PDMS- Peabody Developmental Motor Scale

Answer 4

• Test Type: Uses normative data to compare motor development of child to same age peers
• Age: birth to 5 years 11 months (1-71 months)

Question 5

Advantages of PDSM

Answer 5

• Standardized, norm-referenced test measures
• Strong psychometric properties
• QUICK! Easy to score test
• Can measure specific subtests
• Home programming information
• Interdisciplinary

Question 6

Disadvantages of PDSM

Answer 6

• Poor sensitivity
• Poor description of grasp patterns
• Small space for qualitative information in booklet
• Not flexible- very specific instructions
• NOT standardized on children with disabilities

Question 7

Bayley Scales of Infants and Toddlers

Answer 7

• Test Type: Norm-referenced standardized assessment
• Measures: Global assessment of infant development
• ->measures by either observation (O) or care-giver questionnaire (CQ)
• ->O=cognition, language, and motor, CQ= social-emotional, and adaptive behavior
• Age: 1-42 months

Question 8

Advantages of Bayley Scales

Answer 8

-Global assessment
-Norm assessment
-Specific to population (1-42 months)
Flexible administration format (breaks allowed)
-Gold standard for NICU
-Reimbursable
-Multidisciplinary
-Equipment included

Question 9

Disadvantages of Bayley Scales

Answer 9

• Expensive
• Time consuming to learn and administer
• Small age range

Question 10

Sensory Processing Measure (SPM)

Answer 10

• Test type: Norm-referenced, standardized assessment of sensory processing skills
• Age: 5-12 years
• Measures: Home form, classroom form and school environment forms to gain information on sensory behaviors (hearing, proprioception, touch, vision, praxis, etc)

Question 11

SPM advantages

Answer 11

• Based on Ayres SI theory
• Comparisons between different environments
• Easy to administer and score
• Inexpensive
• Evaluations happen across settings
• Used as outcome measure
• Allows for evaluation of sensory vulnerabilities

Question 12

SPM disadvantages

Answer 12

• Caregiver report
• Negative Phrasing
• Scoring is backwards to other evaluations (higher score the more dysfunction) so that can make it hard to analyze

Question 13

SPM Preschool

Answer 13

• Extend SPM down to 2 years old
• Contains home form and school form
• Advantages: inexpensive, easy to administer, evaluates sensory vulnerabilities
• Disadvantages: caregiver report

Question 14

Knox Preschool Play Scale

Answer 14

• Type of Test: Observational testing on children based on developmental playfulness scales- gives overall play age
• Age: 0-6 years
• Measures: 4 dimensions of play- space management, materials management, pretense symbolic, and participation

Question 15

Knox Preschool Play Scale Advantages

Answer 15

• Structured observational tool provides qualitative findings
• Found to be reliable tool
• Beneficial when child cannot participate in standardized testing
• Guides intervention
• Evaluates child and environment

Question 16

Knox Preschool Play Scale Disadvantages

Answer 16

• Time consuming
• Reliability affected in examiner not familiar with test and play ages
• Not standardized
• Not readily available
• Does not evaluate emotional affect or playfulness, just developmental stages of play
• Large increments between ages

Question 17

Test of Playfulness (ToP) advantages

Answer 17

-Standardized
-Evaluated over 2,000 children with a variety of disabilities
-Provides interval measure score of playfulness
-Frequently used for research
Playfulness able to be measured across ability level

Question 18

Test of Playfulness (ToP) disadvantages

Answer 18

• Not readily available
• Primarily used for research and not practice
• Examiner must be trained and gain permission to use assessment (from Dr. Bundy)
• Some aspects below acceptable level of Rasch analysis

Question 19

Test of Environmental Supportiveness (TOES) advantages

Answer 19

• Specifically assesses environment
• Quantitative evaluation of environment
• Involves physical and social contexts
• Assesses sensory components of environment

Question 20

Test of Environmental Supportiveness (TOES) disadvantages

Answer 20

• Non-standardized
• Unable to gather a meaningful score
• Must be calibrated to use for research

Question 21

Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI)

Answer 21

• Test Type: Functional abilities test, both with standardized, norm referenced and criterion referenced assessments
• ->can be used with children with wide range of disabilities (CP, TBI, etc.)
• Age: 6 months-7 1/2 years

Question 22

PEDI advantages

Answer 22

• Can show improvement in children with profound disabilities
• Can involve interview or observation
• Can be used across continuum of care
• Economical

Question 23

PEDI disadvantages

Answer 23

• Self-report
• Age range stops early for manual forms
• Time consuming

Question 24

PEDI Computerized Adaptive Test (PEDI CAT)

Answer 24

• Ages: birth- 20
• Evaluates domains of daily activities, mobility, social/cognitive and responsibility
• Gives results INSTANTLY

Question 25

PEDI CAT advantages and disadvantages

Answer 25

• Advantages: More economical, broader age range than PEDI, and quick gains can show need for therapy
• Disadvantages: self reporting and still time consuming