Snoop...I am clueless, but found a pretty informative thread on another board:
http://www.schwablearning.org/message_boards/view_discussion .aspx?thread=14008
Hope it helps.
wow! i'd never even heard of that and since i never have time to visit 'education' i'm lucky you posted here! how interesting! I can't wait to hear responses!Yes, ds took this test--very informative. DS has motor planning issues bigAnd no, I'm not talking about the Virginia Military Institute.
Anyone know if this is a good test or has your child had it before? And mods, please don't move this thread to education as I need an answer for tomorrow! So I need the most people to see it. Thanks so much!
Snoopywoman,
We had this test at C's 6 year evaluation last Feb. (Where we live, a child can start services under the generic "developmental delay" label, but that label expires at age 6 so any child with that label gets a full battery of testing just prior to 6th birthday. It was at that point C's label was officially changed to "autism."
In the report, here is the data we received related to the VMI. It was in a subsection of the report entitled "Motor Ability / Other."
2/07 C was given the Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration (VMI) short format. C scored a 95 for VMI and a standard score of 122 for the visual subtest and a standard score of 90 for the motor subtest. When the motor piece is removed, C does very well with visual perception. Whe fine motor is required C displays difficulty copying paterns. This holds true with his letter formation. He has difficulty forming letters with an consistency.... etc.
I have the raw test scores sheet with a key on it and it looks like C's standard score of 122 equates to about 93rd percentile and a standard score of 90 is the 25th percentile. This made sense to me as C is a very visual learner but has always struggled a bit with motor planning, though it has been improving much over time.
Kristy - thanks! I noticed that you put on there that he had the short format. I've seen this online as the test has a long and a short format. I wish the OT was going to be there so I could ask her about that. Apparently there are also some additional short tests that you can do if the scores are borderline to pull out more information.
Anyone know anything about the difference between the long and the short format (besides the obvious difference in length!)?
YepperBepper - THANKS! That helped a lot.
I think I will print that out and take it to the meeting. There were a couple of posts that were really helpful. Particularly in that it tests for two things, but doesn't necessarily separate them out to let you know if your child has one or the other or both issues.
But, it sounds like a VERY good test for my son. Although it will be VERY frustrating for him - because drawing is one of his things he does not feel good about doing. He has gotten significantly better about this - as he is bringing home drawings every day from kindergarten. But, with a test - he feels he needs to do "perfect".
Thanks again - this is great! If anyone else has any experiences they want to share - I'd love to hear them!
That would be great! I don't have anything organized neatly yet either - everything is in one big bag of stuff, but not organized yet. On my list that has 10,000 things I need to do!Sorry - have no idea of long v. short format! I received the results of about 10 tests at once and it never even occured to me to ask that particular question.Snoopywoman: