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Resource Type: Test Kits
Visual-Motor Integration : Beery VMI (Beery Beery, Keith E. / Beery, Natasha A. / 795 .915 Test
VMI)
The sixth edition of the Beery VMI remains strongly focused upon early childhood education. It includes updated
norms for ages 2 through 18. Adult norms are also included for age 19 and above, but were not updated in this
most recent edition. This edition also provides updated reports of medical, neuropsychological, international, and
other important advances in the use of the Beery VMI in recent years.
In this edition we have also combined the child and adult forms making it more convenient if you work with clients
of different ages. You may continue to use your existing forms since the test content has not changed, but you
should order a new Beery VMI, 6th Edition manual so that you have the most up-to-date information.
The Beery VMI helps assess the extent to which individuals can integrate their visual and motor abilities. The
Short Format and Full Format tests present drawings of geometric forms arranged in order of increasing difficulty
that the individual is asked to copy. The Short Format is often used with children ages 2–8 years.
The Beery VMI series also provides supplemental Visual Perception and Motor Coordination tests, which use the
same stimulus forms as the Short Format and Full Format tests. These optional assessments are designed to be
administered after results from the Short Format or Full Format test show the need for further testing, to help
compare an individual's test results with relatively pure visual and motor performances. (One or both of the
supplemental tests may be used.) A statistical comparison of results from all three tests can be quickly and easily
made on the graphic profile provided in the test booklets.
QuickFacts:
Ages 2-100
Completion Time Short Format and Full Format tests: 10–15 minutes each; supplemental Visual Perception
Test and Motor Coordination tests: 5 minutes each
Formats Paper-and-pencil
Reporting Results Hand scoring
Scoring Options Scored by administrator
National sample of 1,737 individuals age 2 to 18 years and 1,021 adults ages 19-100.
How to Use This Test:
The Beery VMI can be used by psychologists, learning disability specialists, school counselors, teachers, and
other professionals to help:
**Identify individuals who may be encountering difficulties in visual-motor integration
**Make appropriate referrals for needed services
**Test the effectiveness of educational and other interventions
**Conduct research
Key Features:
The Beery VMI is among the few psychological assessments that provide standard scores as low as 2 years.
The Beery VMI 6th Edition Manual provides approximately 600 age-specific norms from birth through age 6.
These consist of basic gross motor, fine motor, visual, and visual-fine motor developmental "stepping stones" that
have been identified by research criteria. Many examiners find the age norm information to be useful in helping
parents better understand their child's current level of development. The manual also presents teaching
suggestions.
As culture-free, non-verbal assessment, the Beery VMI is useful with individuals of diverse environmental,
educational, and linguistic backgrounds.
The Short and Full Format tests can be administered individually or to groups. (Individual administration is
recommended for the supplemental tests.)
Norms:
The Beery VMI was standardized on a national sample of 1,737 individuals age 2 to 18 years (2010) and 1,021
adults ages 19-100 (2006), and has proven reliability and validity. Updates of medical neuropsychological,
international, and other studies are also reported in this section.
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