Date and Time: Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 7:00-8:00pm
Chairperson(s): Jocelynn B. Wallach, OT, MS, OTR and Esther Bertrand OT, MS, OTR
Location: Zoom - to be sent out day before the event
Title: Overview of What’s New With the MABC-3 and BOT-3.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe the key features, structure, and updates of the BOT-3 (Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, Third Edition) and the MABC-3 (Movement Assessment Battery for Children, Third Edition).
- Analyze and compare the advantages and limitations of the BOT-3 and MABC-3 in evaluating motor performance.
- Evaluate and discuss the strengths and challenges of their own assessment practices, incorporating both standardized and non-standardized methods in alignment with current best practice guidelines.
Bio/Focus:
Deb Grill, MA, NCSP, Clinical Assessment Consultant for Pearson
As clinical assessment coordinator from Pearson she will be providing information on the new versions of OT tools that have been published in the past year.
References:
1) del Pilar Saa, M., Piller, A., Frauwirth, S., Ausec, J., Koester, A., & Stein Duker, L.I. (2019) Evaluating sensory-related difficulties: A review of recently available and in-development assessment tools. SIS Quarterly Practice Connections, 4(4), 5-7 Frauwirth, S., MS, OTR/L, Suarez, M., PhD, OTR/L, and Piller, PhD., OTR/L (2018) Don’t provide sensory-based interventions to individual children or youth without documented assessment results of difficulties processing or integrating sensory information: a review. American Occupational Therapy Association June 4,2018;
2) https://www.choosingwisely.org/clinician-lists/aota-sensory-based-interventions-for-children-without-assessment/
3) Age-Related Changes in Functional Skills and Daily Life Task Management Among Autistic Youth https://research.aota.org/ajot/article/78/3/7803205180/25189/Age-Related-Changes-in-Functional-Skills-and-Daily
This event will be closed day before event.
Please register by 4:00 p.m. on November 11, 2025