Beery VMI Manual

The Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration, Sixth Edition (BEERY VMI-6) is an instrument designed for the assessment of visual-motor integration skills in children and adults from ages 2 to 99:11. It helps professionals identify individuals who may be experiencing challenges with integrating visual and motor abilities—essential for academic performance and daily functioning.

This tool provides educators, psychologists, and allied professionals with a framework that facilitates developmental screening, early intervention, and educational planning, and allows them to better understand a child’s or adult’s motor and perceptual coordination in relation to age-based norms.

Benefits:

• Supports Early Childhood Assessment: Focused on early developmental milestones, ideal for children aged 2–7 using the Short Format.

• Culture-Free & Non-Verbal: Can be administered to individuals across diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

• Parental Engagement: Helps explain results to parents using age norms and includes teaching suggestions in the manual.

• Supplemental Measures: Includes Visual Perception and Motor Coordination subtests using the same familiar forms.

Key Features:

• Age Norms from Birth to 99:11: Includes detailed norms for early development and updated norms for children, teens, and adults.

• Flexible Administration: Short and Full Format tests can be given individually or in groups.

• Proven Reliability & Validity: Standardized on a large national sample with strong psychometric support.

• Quick Completion Time: Core tests take 10–15 minutes; supplemental subtests only 5 minutes each.

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