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Pediatric Assessments

Adaptive Behavior Assessment System 3rd Edition (ABAS-3)

The ABAS-3 is an assessment tool for ages 0-5 years old. The purpose is to assess adaptive skills needed to effectively and independently care for oneself. It measures important behaviors a child displays at home, school, and inother settings. This assessment measures items associated with process skills, social interaction skills and motor skills included inn the OTPF-4. Included is an intervention planner that provides specific intervention ideas to utilize. 



Sensory Profile 2

There are two forms associated with this assessment. The Sensory Profile 2 Infant is for ages 0-6 months, and the Sensory Profile 2 Toddler is for 7-35 months. The purpose of this assessment is for professionals to document children's sensory processing patterns and whenn combined with information about participation, supports the team in order to identify the effect of sensory processing on functional participation in the context of the home, community, and school. 

Peabody Developmental Motor Scales (PDMS-2)

This is an assessment for children from birth to 5 years old. The purpose of this assessment is to determine gross and fine motor skills. Subtests included in this assessment: reflexes, stationary movement, locomotion, object manipulation, grasping, and visual motor integration. 

Bayley Scales of Infant Development 4

This assessment is for children from 0-42 months old. This assessment measures development in children in order to identify children who have a developmental delay. This assessment measures cognitive, language, motor, social emotional, and adaptive skills. 

Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency 2 (BOT-2)

This assessment is for ages 4-21 yeras old. It is a measure of gross and fine motor skills including performance in strength, coordination, stability, mobility, and object manipulation.  It can be used in both school and clinical settings. 

Sensory Processing Measure

This is an instrument that provides an understanding of sensory processing (vision, auditory, tactile, proprioceptive, and vestibular) as related to an individual child ages 5-12 years old. A preschool form is also available for ages 2-5 years old. This kit comes with two forms: school form and home form, both being questionnaires filled out by an adult who is frequently with the child.  The therapist can utilize this measure to make considerations on how sensory processing may be impacting a childs social participation and motor planning. 

Developmental Assessment of Young Children 2 (DAYC-2)

This assessment is for children birth to 6 years old. This is an assessment that can be completed by a team including the ooccupational therapist, special educator, speech language pathologist, and physical therapist to identify possible delays. There are five domains included in this assessment: cognition, communication, social-emotional development, physical development and adaptive behavior. 

Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration 6 (Beery VMI)

This is an assessment for individuals 2-99 years old. This is an assessment that addresses perfroamnce areas of visual motor integration skills. This can be used in school and clinical settings. The individual is asked to draw increasingly complex shapes, starting with a simple line and advancing to shapes with complex intersecting lines. 

Hawaii Early Learning Profile (HELP)

Used for children from birth to three to provide a snapshot of a child's progress. It can help to identify needs, track growth annd development, and determine target objectives. This assessment evaluates: language, fine motor, gross motor, social, self-help, and cognitive skills. This facilitates communication and collaboration with parents. 

Early Living Accomplishment Profile (ELAP)

This is an assessment for children from birth to 36 months old. This assessment assists teachers, clinicians, and parents in assessing individual skill development in six domains of development. The results can be used to generate a picture of the child's developmental progress in six domains. 

Assessment, Evaluation, & Programming System for Infants & Children (AEPS)

This is an assessment for birth to 3 years and 3 to 6 years old. The purpose of this assessment is to support parents and professionals in identifying and monitoring if children are reaching developmentally appropriate educational targets. The assessment can be used to help plan individualized interventions. 

Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI)

This assessment was designed for children ages 6 months to 7 years old, but can be used for older children with developmental delays. This assessment measures self care, mobility, and social function. 

Pediatric Functional Independence Measure 2 (WeeFIM2)

This is an assessment designed for children from birth through adolescence. This is an assessment that measures self-care, mobility, and cognition. 

School Function Assessment (SFA)

This is an assessment designed for children in kindergarten through 6th grade. This assessment measures a child's ability to perform functional tasks in order to participate within the elementary school setting. 

Developmental Test of Visual Perception

This is an assessment of visual-motor integration skills and/or visual perception of children ages 4-12 years old to identify visual perceptual difficulties. 

Evaluation Tool of Children's Handwriting 

This is a criterion referenced tool to evaluate script and cursive handwriting skills by determining the speed and legibility of handwriting. This assessment is used for children in grades 1-6 and assesses pencil grasp, hand preference, pencil grasp, pencil pressure, legibility components, manipulative skills, and classroom observations.

Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI)

This assesses functional capabilities and performance, minotrs progress in performance, and evaluates the rehabilitative process. This assessment observes self care, social function, and mobility to measrue performance and capability. Used to determine functional skills, where competence and mastery are demonstrated and to identify functional deficits and guide treatment plans.

Occupational Therapy Pediatric Evaluation Guide

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