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Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration

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Beery VMI; Developmental test of visual-motor integration; VMI

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The Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (Beery VMI; Beery & Beery, 2010) is a test of visual-motor coordination. Visual-motor integration is “the degree to which visual perception and finger-hand movements are well coordinated” (Beery, 1997, p. 19). This paper-and-pencil test involves examinees copying increasingly complex designs. It is designed to assess visual-motor integration, visual perception, and motor coordination skills and is designed to indicate the need for support services for problems in one or more of these areas.

The Beery VMI includes Short and Full Format tests and supplemental Visual Perception and Motor Coordination tests. None of the Beery VMI tests is timed. The Short and Full Format tests involve the examinee copying increasingly complex designs with a pencil without an eraser. Both the Short and Full Format tests can be administered to individuals and...

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  1. Institute for Human Development, Northern Arizona University, PO Box 5630, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA

    Dr. Trina D. Spencer

  2. Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University 202 Schoenbaum Family Center, 175 East 7th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43201, USA

    Lydia Kruse M.Ed.

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  1. Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology Yale University School of Medicine, Chief, Child Psychiatry Children's Hospital at Yale-New Haven Child Study Center, New Haven, CT, USA

    Fred R. Volkmar (Director, Child Study Center) (Director, Child Study Center)

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Spencer, T.D., Kruse, L. (2013). Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration. In: Volkmar, F.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1698-3_1886

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