Test of Visual Motor Integration

Beery VMI Assessment

Visual-motor integration is the degree to which visual perception and finger-hand movements are well coordinated.

The Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (Beery VMI) is a developmental sequence of geometric shapes to be copied with paper and pencil.

The Beery VMI is designed to assess the extent to which individual can integrate their visual and motor abilities (eye-hand coordination) and is a good indicator of whether a child has the skills to be able to write - often indicating if a child is at a pre-writing level still.

The Beery VMI can be used to identify, through early screening, children who may need special assistance, to obtain needed services for them, to test the effectiveness of educational and other interventions.

The assessment is appropriate for all ages as required and contains 24 geometrical shapes to be copied to the best of the individuals ability in the box underneath.

The scoring of the Beery VMI is one point for each correctly imitated or copied item or up to three consecutive failures. The standard score is provided from the raw score from the individual in comparison to the raw score provided by chronological age levels.

This is then converted into scaled scores and percentiles that is then interpreted into a performance level.