Movement Assessment Battery for Children, Third Edition Checklist

The Movement Assessment Battery for Children, Third Edition (Movement ABC-3) Checklist provides a standardized measure of everyday gross and fine motor coordination difficulties in children and young adults aged 3 – 25 years. It categorizes performance according to a traffic light system, with green suggesting no significant difficulties, amber indicating the need for further monitoring or assessment, and red denoting a likelihood of difficulties requiring further assessment and intervention.

The Movement ABC-3 Checklist contains 40 questions about everyday movement competence across three domains:

• Manual Dexterity (Personal care; At home/in the classroom/at work; Drawing/writing/keyboarding)
• Aiming and Catching
• Balance and Locomotion

It also provides an opportunity to note non-motor factors that may be affecting an individual’s performance of movement-related tasks, as well as the impact of motor difficulties on the individual’s daily life.

There are four versions of the Checklist:

• 3:0–6:11 years (Parent/Teacher/Other)
• 7:0–11:11 years (Parent/Teacher/Other)
• 12:0–25:11 years (Parent/Teacher/Other)
• 12:0–25:11 years (Self report )

 Benefits

• Identify delayed or impaired motor competence in everyday activities
• Complements performance-based assessments to provide a holistic picture of motor performance
• Ideal for monitoring functional motor skills over time 
• Widely known and respected for use in research related to motor development
• Document the impact of motor difficulties on the individual's life
• Identify non-motor factors that may be useful to consider when planning intervention

Features

The Movement ABC-3 Checklist provides a means for assessing movement in everyday situations in which a child or young adult participates. Use the Checklist to:

• Obtain parents’, teachers’, or the individual's own views about movement in everyday settings
• Measure the extent to which a young person’s attitudes and feelings about motor tasks are situation specific or more generalized ·
• Ascertain the impact of motor difficulties on an individual’s participation in everyday activities
• Assess groups of students efficiently

Scoring and Reporting

Digital administration and scoring options

The Movement ABC-3 Checklist can be administered using either paper or digital administration. Online scoring is available via Pearson’s Q-global online assessment platform.