The Movement ABC–2, a revision of the world renowned Movement Assessment Battery for Children, is a unique assessment battery specifically designed to identify and evaluate movement problems that can determine a child's participation and social interaction at school. Putting assessment into the day-to-day context in which a child has to function, it combines quantitative and qualitative assessment in a distinctive way while at the same time preserving all the advantages of a formal standardized test.

Features

• It identifies and describes impairments of motor function in children.
• It provides information on how well children perform both in a one-to-one setting and in a group setting.
• The formal assessment is paralleled by an observational approach designed to help the examiner observe how the child performs each task in the test, and to pinpoint emotional and motivational difficulties the child may have in relation to motor tasks.
• Provides a structured framework within which to identify a child's strengths and weaknesses and to indicate directions for further assessment or remediation.

The Movement ABC–2 Test

The Test provides objective quantitative data on performance. It contains eight tasks for each of the three age ranges: 3–6 years, 7–10 years, and 11–16 years. They cover three areas: manual dexterity, ball skills, and static and dynamic balance.

A profile of a child's performance over the different test sections can be established. Total standard scores and percentiles are provided, indicating the extent to which a child falls below the level of his or her age peers.

The Movement ABC–2 Checklist

The Checklist provides an economical means of assessing groups of children through classroom assessment and is ideal for screening purposes. It can also be used by therapists to obtain the views of parents or teachers on a child's movement in everyday settings. The behaviour section of the Checklist considers the extent to which a child's attitudes and feelings about motor tasks are situation-specific or more generalized.

The Movement ABC–2 Intervention Manual

Based on research, the Intervention Manual provides a complete guide to helping children with movement difficulties. The practitioner is led through a discussion of organizational issues on one end of the process to a detailed step-by-step guide on how to teach an individual child a new skill.

Use the Movement ABC–2 to:

• Identify delay or impairment in motor development
• Plan intervention
• Measure change and progress
• Research

Changes from the Movement ABC:

• A full set of new norms
• An extended age range
• Improved scoring
• More task-age overlap
• Reduced room preparation time
• Some new extensively trailed tasks
• Colourful, robust equipment that is suitable for use with visually impaired children
• A shortened Checklist
• A separate Intervention Manual