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Peabody Developmental Motor Scales | Second Edition

(PDMS–2)

Peabody Developmental Motor Scales | Second Edition (PDMS-2) combines in-depth assessment with training or remediation of gross and fine motor skills of children from birth through 5 years.
Age range:: Birth through age 5
Publication date:: 2000
Qualification level:: B

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Administration:: 20-30 minutes for each motor-related subtest or 45-60 minutes for entire assessment
Norms:: Standard Scores, Percentile Ranks, and Age Equivalents

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PDMS-2 is a revision of the original Peabody Developmental Motor Scales from 1983.

Access three composite scores: Gross Motor Quotient, Fine Motor Quotient, and Total Motor Quotient.
Helps facilitate the child's development in specific skill areas with the Peabody Motor Activities Program (P–MAP), which is included in the kit.
Contains new normative data representative of the current U.S. population.

This early childhood motor development program contains six subtests that assess the motor skills of children.

Reflexes: The subtest measures a child's ability to automatically react to environmental events.
Stationary: The subtest measures a child's ability to sustain control of his or her body within its center of gravity and retain equilibrium.
Locomotion: The subtest measures a child's ability to move from one place to another. The actions measured include crawling, walking, running, hopping, and jumping forward.
Object Manipulation: The subtest measures a child's ability to manipulate balls. Examples of the actions measured include catching, throwing, and kicking.
Grasping: The subtest measures a child's ability to use his or her hands.
Visual-Motor Integration: The subtest measures a child's ability to use his or her visual perceptual skills to perform complex eye-hand coordination tasks such as reaching and grasping for an object, building with blocks, and copying designs.