Movement Assessment Battery for Children | Third Edition

The Movement Assessment Battery for Children, Third Edition (Movement ABC-3) provides an objective measurement of gross and fine motor coordination difficulties in children and young adults aged 3 – 25 years and 11 months. 

Movement ABC-3 Benefits: 

• Identify delay or impairment in motor development
• Plan intervention
• Measure change and monitor progress over time
• Widely known and respected for use in research related to motor development
• Gain a holistic picture of motor performance using the Checklists to complement observational assessment

The Movement ABC-3 updates include:

• Revised and updated test content and items
• New manipulatives
• Extended age range down to 3 and up to 25 years and 11 months
• Co-collected sample between the UK and ANZ
• Unified constructs across ages

Three Movement ABC-3 subtests:

• Manual Dexterity
• Aiming & Catching
• Balance & Locomotion

Separate Checklists for each age band:

• Parent/Teacher/Other
• Self (age band 3 only)

Test content and structure

The test contains 10 tasks for each of 3 age ranges: 3 – 6 years (3-year-olds complete 7 tasks); 7 – 11 years and 12 – 25 years and 11 months. The tasks cover the following 3 domains:

• Manual Dexterity
• Aiming & Catching (ball skills)
• Balance & Locomotion

Task, domain and Total Motor scores are provided. A profile of a child’s performance over the different sections of the test can be examined and a ‘traffic light’ system helps map areas of strength and concern.

The assessment is paralleled by an observational approach to perceptual-motor aspects and emotional and motivational difficulties the individual may have in relation to motor tasks.
 

Features

• Norms based on a sample of 1279 collected jointly in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand
• Extensive international research built over the previous version of the assessment and this version - featuring in over 500 studies
• Numerous translations worldwide

The Movement ABC-3 Checklists

The Movement ABC-3 Checklists provide a means for assessing movement in everyday situations in which the child or young adult participates.

Use the checklist to:

• Assess groups of students in classroom situations
• Obtain parents’ or teachers’ views on an individual’s movement in everyday settings
• Measure the extent to which a young person’s attitudes and feelings about motor tasks are situation specific or more generalised
• Ascertain the impact of motor difficulties on an individual’s participation in everyday activities

Digital administration and scoring options

The Movement ABC-3 can be administered using either paper or digital record forms. Online scoring is available via Pearson's Q-global® online assessment platform.

The following resources are available for Movement ABC-3. 

• Movement ABC-2 vs. Movement ABC-3 Comparison
• Movement ABC-3 Flyer
• Movement ABC-3 Score Report
• Movement ABC-3 Checklist Score Report
• Webinar Recording: Introducing the Movement ABC-3
• Unboxing the Movement ABC-3 Kit

Complimentary assessment overviews and training

Learn more about MABC-3 and how to use it with fidelity.

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