Halliwick-Based Aquatic Assessments : Reliability and Validity

Abstract

To investigate the reliability and validity of 2 aquatic functionalassessment tests (Water Orientation Test of Alyn 1 and 2: WOTA1, WOTA2) for evaluating adjustment and functional ability in the aquatic environment based on the Halliwick concept. Methods: Thirty-two children with disabilities participated in the reliability study. Thirty-three other children participated in the validity study, which tested the correlations between the WOTA total score and motor performance on land. Results: Test-retest reliability for total score was found to be excellent for both WOTA1 (ICC = .97) and WOTA2 (ICC = .97). The reliability for most of the individual item scores was fair to good (kappa > .4). A positive moderately significant association was found between the WOTA total score and motor performance on land. Conclusion: Both assessments appear to be reliable and valid for assessing mental adjustment and aquatic function in children with disabilities.

Benefits and Enjoyment of a Swimming Intervention for Youth With Cerebral Palsy

“…The scale is reliable and valid for use in youth with disabilities and consists of a mental adjustment (MA) subscale and a skills, balance control, and movement (SBM) subscale. 27 Data analyses were performed using SPSS v19 and Microsoft Excel 2010. The α-level was set at 0.05 and all tests were 2-tailed.…”

“…However, the WOTA 2 test was evaluated according to the objective criteria as explained in the manual. 27 Another limitation of the study is the lack of reliability and validity studies of the use of the pain and fatigue measures in youth with CP; however, the measures are psychometrically sound for use in children. 22,25 The data of those showing difficulties with completing the pain measures and the PedsQL were excluded.…”

Vliv Halliwickova konceptu na rozvoj plaveckých dovedností u dětí s mozkovou obrnou a autismem

“…to evaluate the results of the use of the test swimming skills (hereinafter WOTA -Water orientation test (Tirosh, Katz-Leurer & Getz, 2008 …”

“…Motor competence is one of the important indicators of personality development, has a social dimension. The term motor skills with noise continuum: analysis and description of the state -the adoption of measures to modification and improvement (Válková, 2010) to evaluate the results of the use of the test swimming skills (hereinafter WOTA -Water orientation test (Tirosh, Katz-Leurer & Getz, 2008 …”

To the Editor

“…Grosse about the Halliwick Method in the International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, 2010, Issue 2 of Volume 4, 199-207. It is important that IJARE publishes about the foundations of Halliwick, because this article has been preceded by one in which Halliwick had been the topic of the WOTA-assessment (Tirosh et al, 2008).…”