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Visual Motor Integration CCSD Evidence Based Practice. Anna Suchy , OTS. PICO Question.
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Visual Motor IntegrationCCSDEvidence Based Practice Anna Suchy, OTS
PICO Question • For children, 7-10 years old, who are receiving school based occupational therapy services, does providing 15 minutes of visual motor training, with paper/pencil tasks or tangrams, once a week, for seven weeks, improve visual motor integration of spatial-relations and eye-hand coordination, as determined by a pre and post eye-hand coordination and spatial relations subtests of the DTVP-2?
Pre-Post test Measurements • Visual Perception • Visual-Motor Integration Ages 4-10 years old 8 subtests Eye-Hand Coordination Spatial Relations Figure Ground Visual-Motor Speed Copying Position in Space Visual Closure Form Constancy
Explaining the DTVP-2 • Eye-Hand Coordination Subtest- Requires student to to draw a line within a straight broad band. Subsequent bands are increasingly narrow and involve angles or curves. • Spatial Relations Subtest-Student is shown a grid of evenly spaced dots with lines drawn connecting some of the dots. Student must draw lines and connect dots to form the given pattern directly below the given pattern.
DTVP-2 Standard Scores • 0-3=Very Poor • 4-5 = Poor • 6-7=Below Average • 8-12=Average • 13-20 =Above Average
Eye-Hand Coordination Tangrams and Pencil Paper Tasks Standard Score
Variables • Time of Day • Classroom Variables • OTS • Attention span • Age • Interest/Attention to Task and Subtests • Worksheets Provided to Student • Holiday break • Absences • Time • Warm-up variations • Test-familiarity
Conclusion • Variables • Tangrams versus Pencil/Paper
References Hammill, D., Pearson., & Voress, J. ( 1993). Developmental Test of Visual Perception Second Edition. Austin, Texas: Pro-ed. Kulp, T. (1999). Relationship between visual motor integration skill and academic skill and performance in kindergarten through third grade. Optometry and Vision Science: Official Publication of the Academy of American Optometry, 76 (3), 159-63. Pereira, Debora M., Araujo, R., Braccialli, L (2011). Relationship analysis between visual-motor integration and academic perfromance. Journal of Human Growth and Development, 21 (3), 808-17. Retrieved from http://revistasusp.sibi.usp.br/pdf/rbcdh/v21n3/en_07.pdf Volman, M.J., Schendel, B., & Jongsmans, M.J., (2006). Handwriting Difficulties in Primary School Children: A Search for Underlying Mechanisms. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 60 (4), 451-60. doi: 10.5014/ajot.60.4.451