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Bruininks–Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency 3rd Edition

Authors

Brett D. Bruininks, PhD and Robert H. Bruininks, PhD 

BOT–3 offers to:

• Assess the motor development and proficiency of individuals from school age to early adulthood, ranging from those who are typically developing to those with mild to moderate motor challenges
• Support diagnosis of motor impairments
• Inform further evaluation, goal–setting, and interventions
• Develop and evaluate motor training programs

Core subtests

• Fine Motor Precision: includes untimed activities that require precise control of finger and hand movement
• Fine Motor Integration: requires the examinee to reproduce drawings of various geometric shapes of increasing complexity
• Manual Dexterity: uses timed, goal–directed activities that involve reaching, grasping, and bimanual coordination with small objects
• Upper Limb Coordination: consists of activities designed to measure visual tracking with coordinated arm and hand movement, such as catching, dribbling, and throwing a ball
• Bilateral Coordination: contains tasks requiring body control, and sequential and simultaneous coordination of the upper and lower limbs
• Balance: evaluates fundamental balance skills that are integral for maintaining posture when standing or walking
• Strength: measures trunk and upper and lower body strength
• Dynamic Movement: assesses running speed and agility

Supplementary subtest

• Extended Balance: involves more advanced balance skills using a balance beam

 

FEATURES OF THE BOT–3

Occupational therapists, physical therapists, developmental adaptive physical education teachers, diagnosticians, and special education professionals appreciate the BOT–3 for its:

• Engaging, game–like tasks
• Large, clear pictures in the administration easel and optional demonstration videos that help examinees better understand the activities you need them to perform
• Supplementary Extended Balance subtest to assess higher–performing individuals (requires Balance Beam not included in kit but available separately)
• Three supplemental scores to provide even more clinically–useful information beyond the subtest and composite scores
• Skilled Manual Performance – a norm–referenced score combining scores from the three subtests focused on skilled use of the hands for fine motor activities – Fine Motor Precision, Fine Motor Integration and Manual Dexterity – to provide a ‘pure’ measure of fine motor performance
• Movement Fundamentals Score – a criterion–referenced score comprising select items from across four BOT–3 subtests (Upper Limb Coordination, Bilateral Coordination, Balance, Dynamic Movement). Measures Fundamental Movement Skills considered to be the building blocks of skilled movement required for participation in sports, leisure and activities of daily living
• Motor Planning and Coordination – a norm–referenced score encompassing items from the full BOT–3 test that were shown to have particularly high discrimination between the Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and typically developing groups
• Separate fine motor and gross motor kits available
• The fine motor kit includes subtests for: Fine Motor Precision, Fine Motor Integration, Manual Dexterity, and Upper–Limb Coordination
• The gross motor kit includes subtests for: Bilateral Coordination, Balance, Extended Balance, Dynamic Movement, and Strength (Balance Beam required for Extended Balance)

There are 17 new items in total, including:

• Two new figures in Fine Motor Integration
• Four new Manual Dexterity tasks
• One new item in Upper Limb Coordination
• Two new Bilateral Coordination items
• Three new items in Balance
• Three new items in Strength
• One new activity in Dynamic Movement (Formerly Running Speed and Agility).
• Two new balance tasks in the new optional Extended Balance subtest
• Shorter administration time
• The BOT–3 will have 61 Items (BOT–2 has 53) plus an additional 5 items in the Extended Balance subtest, but the overall administration time is slightly shorter for BOT_3 because the requirement for a second trial has been removed in 28 items.
• Extended age range
• The upper age range has been increased to 25:11, meaning that clients can be monitored all the way through the end of their formal education.  The test’s “ceiling” has been raised with the addition of some more challenging items to accommodate the upward age extension.
• New supplemental scores

In addition to the regular Standard Scores and Percentile Ranks, there are three new clinical scores:

• Skilled Manual Performance
• Planning and Coordination
• Movement Fundamentals

More user–friendly

• The running speed course has been shortened from 50ft to 30ft, reducing the overall space requirement for the testing environment.
• The kit no longer contains balance beam, making it both cheaper and lighter.  The balance beam is not required for the core Balance subtest, although it is used in the optional Extended Balance subtest and is still available to purchase separately.
• Most test items will have demonstration videos available to help examiners learn the test and show examinees what to do, if necessary, during test administration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Kevin Twomey
• Jun 28, 2024