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This document describes the PYFER SENSORY TEST, which assesses motor development in children ages 6-14. It consists of a basic screening test and supplemental tests. The basic screening test evaluates dynamic balance, static balance, coordination, and body awareness through tasks like jumping, balancing, catching/throwing balls, and following directions. If a child fails items, supplemental tests pinpoint deficits in areas like vestibular function and eye control. The assessment identifies whether children need practice on basic skills or supplemental activities to develop motor abilities.

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Pyfer Presentation

This document describes the PYFER SENSORY TEST, which assesses motor development in children ages 6-14. It consists of a basic screening test and supplemental tests. The basic screening test evaluates dynamic balance, static balance, coordination, and body awareness through tasks like jumping, balancing, catching/throwing balls, and following directions. If a child fails items, supplemental tests pinpoint deficits in areas like vestibular function and eye control. The assessment identifies whether children need practice on basic skills or supplemental activities to develop motor abilities.

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PYFER SENSORY TEST

HEATHER SODEN

JOSE MARTINEZ

MARK DE LA VEGA
• Motor Development Test designed to determine whether the
Purpose
child can perform basic and skilled motor movements

Target • Children 6-14 years


Population
Standardization • Informal Assessment

Cost • Not listed

Who Uses this Test • Teachers, Occupational Therapists


TEST ADMINISTRATION
• Any sequence, over several days

• Small groups (5 or less)

• Isolate child

• Demonstration and manual manipulation into correct position


encouraged

• At least 3 trials permitted

• Shoes or barefoot

• Record comments and observations throughout test


EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

Basic Screening Test Supplementary Test


• Tennis Shoes • Mat
• Balance Beam (4”) • Tilt Board
• Cones or Tape to represent distances • Rotating Desk Chair
• Playground Ball • Object for Visual Tracking
• Tennis Ball • Tennis Ball
• Soccer Ball • Chalk Board
Basic Screening Test
- Suggested to start with basic screening test
- If child fails any areas of the basic screening test, the tester can refer to
supplementary test items (modification)
- If all items are passed, then child is believed to be ready for advanced motor
skills
- Based on a basic pass/fail system
Basic Screening Test
4 sections:

A) Dynamic Balance
B) Static Balance
C) Coordination
D) Body Awareness
Dynamic Balance Test Items
1. JUMP - consistently jump for 10 seconds using both feet equally without losing
balance
2. HOP - hop for 6ft on each leg without touching floor with free leg
3. GALLOP - gallop forward for 20ft keeping same lead foot for entire time
4. SKIP - skip for 20 ft using rhythmical movement of arms and legs with head up
5. RUN - run forward for 20ft alternating arms and legs in rhythmical movement
with head up
Dynamic Balance Test Items
6. Balance Beam Activities:
a. With head up, can walk forward on 4” wide balance beam without stepping
off
b. Can walk backwards entire distance of beam without turning around or
stepping off
c. Can move sideways to left on beam without stepping off
d. Can move sideways to right without stepping off
Static Balance Test Items
1. Child can stand heel to toe with hands on thighs for 10 seconds with eyes open
2. Child can stand heel to toe with hands on thighs for 10 seconds with eyes
closed
3. Child can stand on one foot with arms crossed for 10 seconds (eyes open)
- Note which foot child balances on
4. Child can stand on one foot with arms crossed for 7 seconds (eyes closed)
- Student should balance on same foot as in #3
Coordination Test Items
1. Hand-eye catching - child will catch a 12” playground ball with both hands
that is lobbed from 10ft away 4 out of 5 times
2. Hand-eye throwing - Child can throw a tennis ball with preferred hand using
alternate arm-leg pattern
3. Foot-eye-kicking stationary ball - Child can kick a stationary soccer ball
making contact in center of ball with toa or instep 3 out of 5 times
4. Foot-eye-kicking rolling ball - Child can kick a rolling ball rolled at medium
speed from 10 ft away making contact in center of ball with toe or instep 3 out
of 5 times.
Body Awareness
1. Can touch finger to nose 3 times in alternating succession with index fingers
while eyes are closed. (Fail if child misses more than 1”)
2. Can imitate posture by examiner 3 out of 5 times. Failure if child misses posture
by 5 degrees.
Body Awareness
3. Stand facing the child and say: 3. Stand facing the child and say:
a. Touch your mouth h. Touch your hips
b. Touch your eyes
i. Touch your knees
c. Touch your ears
j. Touch your elbows
d. Touch your head
e. Touch your feet k. Touch your wrists
f. Touch your shoulders
g. Touch your ankles
Fail if child missed three or more.
Basic Screening Test Score Sheet Example
Supplemental Testing
● Individualized testing (unlike basic screening
groups >5)
● Used if a student fails any given test item(s)
during the basic screening
● Each basic screening test type (ex: dynamic
balance)refers to specific supplemental test
items...
● Only test failed items= saves time
1. If a child struggles with dynamic balance test items, check:
● A1.Tonic Labyrinthine Supine
● A3.positive support reaction
● A4.equilibrium reactions
● D.depth perception
● G.bilateral integration
Items for Dynamic balance cont (D, G)
● D.depth perception
● G.bilateral integration
2. If a child struggles with static balance test items, check:
● B.vestibular function
● C.visual fixation
● D.depth perception
3. If a child struggles with hand-eye or foot-eye coordination test items, check:
● B.vestibular function
● D,E,F: All areas of eye control
● G. bilateral integration
● H. associated reaction
4. If a child struggles with body/spatial awareness test items, check:
● vestibular function
● all areas of eye control
Supplemental testing: Score Sheets

E. convergence-divergence
After supplemental testing (using results):
● if a child passes all supplemental test items -> may
practice items/activities on basic screening test
● if a child fails any supplemental test item-> implement
activities to develop supplementary building blocks
PROS CONS
• Can provide additional • Not standardized
information
• Might not have an area
• Supplemental Test breaks to isolate the kid to
down skills to find specific avoid embarrassment
deficit
• Not well documented
• Easy to score
• Little to no info on web
regarding assessment
REFERENCES

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