A comparison of parent report and actual motor competence in young children

Abstract

Parents are able to report to some degree on their children's FMS competency, in particular, their object control competence. Parent proxy report of FMS may help inform occupational therapists to identify children with low FMS competency to develop interventions targeting FMS.

Intervention to Improve Preschool Children’s Fundamental Motor Skills: Protocol for a Parent-Focused, Mobile App–Based Comparative Effectiveness Trial (Preprint)

“…The parents were provided with videos that demonstrate each level of FMS progression divided into skill components and expected to determine their child's ability and adjust the activities for their child's current FMS level. An important consideration is that previous studies indicate parents do not provide a valid report of their child's FMS [68,69], which may lead to parents delivering content or curriculum that is not developmentally appropriate for their child. While the study outcome data on FMS were collected using a valid and reliable test and scored by a trained expert, future iterations may share these data directly with the parent to assist their intervention delivery.…”

Special Issue: Innovations in occupational therapy measurement

“…The development of the 3B scale, a client‐centred scale designed specifically for a community mental health setting involved co‐design with service users (Rebeiro Gruhl, Lacarte, Boucher & Ledrew, ). Paediatric papers include the paper by Maher, Schott, Lander, Hinkley and Barnett (), which examined how well parents’ reporting of their children's fundamental movement skills, as measured with the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Movement Skill Competence (PMSC), were associated with the child's actual motor skills (measured using the Test of Gross Motor Development). Also related to paediatric practice, the article by Lyons, Brown and Bourke‐Taylor () reported preliminary psychometric information about a new teacher‐report questionnaire, titled the Classroom Environment Questionnaire (CEQ).…”

“…(); PMSC and TGMD‐3, Maher et al . (); PIQ, Scanlan (). Structural validity : CEQ, Lyons et al . (); BPI, Hand et al .…”

“…(); HOME FAST‐HP, Mackenzie and Byles (); PMSC and TGMD‐3, Maher et al . (); fTORT, Taylor et al . (); 3B scale, Rebeiro Gruhl et al .…”

“…Using a parent‐version of the Pictorial Scale of PMSC and assessment of children's actual motor skills using the Test of Gross Motor Development 3rd Edition, Maher et al . () found parents are able to report their children's fundamental movement skills with some accuracy, when compared to children's self‐rating.…”