Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting

(DASH)

Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting is a reliable, age-appropriate measure of handwriting speed for children. DASH helps identify kids with handwriting difficulties and provides relevant information for intervention planning.
Age range:: 9:0 – 16:11
Publication date:: 2006
Qualification level:: B

Qualification Level

Level A

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Level B

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Level C

This approval level enables you to buy all our assessments.
Completion time:: 30 Minutes
Administration:: Paper and Pencil, Group or Individual

Pricing & Ordering

The Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting can be used to help identify children with handwriting difficulties.

Provides standardized subtest scores.
Provides composite scores.
Offers reliability, based on a nationally stratified normative sample of over 500 children collected across the UK in 2006.

DASH includes 5 subtests that are administered and scored by hand.

Subtests examine fine motor and precision skills.
The speed of producing well known symbolic material is tested
The ability to alter speed of performance on two tasks with identical content and free writing competency is tested.

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