Southern California Perceptual-Motor Tests Manual

Ayres, A. Jean

doi:10.1177/002246697000400113

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“…This task (Ayres, 1980) tested children's ability to perceive and imitate different body positions. The task includes 12 body positions that are presented by the experimenter one at a time.…”

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Imitation of body postures and hand movements in children with specific language impairment

Marton

2009

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

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Within the domain-general theory of language impairment, this study examined body posture and hand movement imitation in children with specific language impairment (SLI) and in their agematched peers. Participants included 40 children with SLI (5 years 3 months to 6 years 10 months of age) and 40 children with typical language development (5 years 3 months to 6 years 7 months of age). Five tests were used to examine imitation and its underlying cognitive and motor skills such as kinesthesia, working memory, and gross motor coordination. It was hypothesized that children with SLI show a weakness in imitation of body postures and that this deficit is not equally influenced by the underlying cognitive and motor skills. There was a group effect in each cognitive and motor task, but only gross motor coordination proved to be a strong predictor of imitation in children with SLI. In contrast, hand movement imitation was strongly predicted by performance in the Kinesthesia task in typically developing children. Thus, the findings show not only that children with SLI performed more poorly on the imitation tasks than their typically developing peers but also that the groups' performances showed qualitative differences. The results of the current study provide additional support to the view that the weaknesses in children with SLI are not limited to the verbal domain.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Imitation of body postures and hand movements in children with specific language impairment

Marton

2009

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

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“…This may be observed and reported by parents, teachers, and health care professionals. Initially, occupational therapists had only limited non-standardised means upon which to base their evaluation of tactile defensiveness: clinical observations, usually performed during the administration of the tactile discrimination subtests of the Southern California Sensory Integration Tests (SCSIT) (Ayres, 1972b), observation in treatment sessions, or through data obtained in informants' reports.…”

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A comparison of self‐report and informant report of tactile defensiveness amongst children in Israel

Parush

Doryon

Katz

1996

Occupation Therapy Intl

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“…This factor alone would make it more difficult than the preceding items (Level 11, subtests 1,2, and 3), which require the subject to identify single limbs. Level 11, subtest 5, in addition to having similarities with the preceding item, has similarities with items on Ayers's crossing-the-midline test (2). A midline problem might be manifested when the child touches the ipsilateral knee instead of the contralateral knee.…”

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