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Developing And Validating A Screening Scale For Assessing Preschool Children's Motor Development: A Preliminary Study, Chia-Chi Wang, Chien-Ju Chang, Po-Hsi Chen, Wen-Yu Liu, Chia-Ling Chen, Chih-Chien Tsai, Ren-Huei Fu, Li-Tuan Chou, Shih-Ming Chu Dec 2015

Developing And Validating A Screening Scale For Assessing Preschool Children's Motor Development: A Preliminary Study, Chia-Chi Wang, Chien-Ju Chang, Po-Hsi Chen, Wen-Yu Liu, Chia-Ling Chen, Chih-Chien Tsai, Ren-Huei Fu, Li-Tuan Chou, Shih-Ming Chu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Background: Questionnaires available for screening the motor development of preschool children in Taiwan are few. Therefore, this study developed a Developmental Motor Screening Scale for Preschool Children (DMSSPC), and it exhibits high reliability and validity. Methods: The DMSSPC was developed on the basis of an expert meeting and a literature reviewarticle of assessment tools and questionnaires for screening motor development. After the meeting, subscales of the fine and gross motor scales of the DMSSPC were determined. The fine motor scale comprised grasp, manipulation, and visual motor integration subscales, whereas the gross motor scale contained stationary, locomotion, and body coordination subscales. …


Framing Ecological Validity In Occupational Therapy Practice, Patricia A. Crist Jul 2015

Framing Ecological Validity In Occupational Therapy Practice, Patricia A. Crist

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

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