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NCT Number: NCT05905523

Testing of Online Version of QAPS

Early evaluation of prewriting skills is important, as prewriting skills set the stage for later learning of the fine motor and visual motor skills needed for writing. Evaluation of prewriting skills allows for the identification of those children who struggle with these tasks so that early intervention might address these foundational skills before academic demands become more challenging. However, current prewriting skill assessments are limited to pencil-and-paper assessments that require an evaluator to score the drawn shapes. Manual scoring is time consuming, can be subjective, and limit the ability to capture subtle changes in performance.

We have developed an assessment on a tablet to assess prewriting skills in children. The preliminary testing of the assessment is published in a paper (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35417278/). We are now working on developing an online version of the assessment that will allow offsite data collection and will automate the analysis on the website so that the results can be automatically generated for the clinician or educator who wants to use this with the children they work with.

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Key information

Conditions

Child Development

Age range

3 year–7 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Virginia Commonweath University

Richmond, Virginia, 23298, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Virginia Chu

CONTACT

[email protected]

804-828-1564

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Children between 3 to 7 years old

Exclusion criteria

  • Children unable to follow directions to attempt copying shapes.

Treatment and study plan

Assessing prewriting skills in children

Other

In this study, your child will be asked to do the following things:

  • Play a drawing game on a tablet
  • Copy shapes using a pencil in a paper booklet
  • Write some letters and cut paper with scissors You will complete surveys and answer questions about your child's development

Primary outcomes

  1. Online QAPS

    Time frame: 5-10 minutes

    Children will be asked to draw shapes on a touch-screen tablet, where the top half of the screen will show the shapes that they needed to draw, and the bottom of half of the screen will show a space for them to copy the shape. There are 10 shapes for the children to copy. This assessment takes 5-10 minutes to complete.

  2. Beery VMI

    Time frame: 5-10 minutes

    This is a pencil-paper visual motor assessment where children are asked to copy the shapes of increasing difficulty. There are 24 shapes in this assessment and the assessment is continued until the child cannot copy 3 consecutive shapes. This assessment takes 5-10 minutes to complete.

  3. Functional hand tasks

    Time frame: 5-10 minutes

    We will have the children demonstrate their handwriting and scissors skills. The tasks that the children as asked to complete is listed in the attached documents. This assessment takes 5-10 minutes to complete.

  4. Demographics survey

    Time frame: 5 minutes

    This is a 12 question survey that ask about the child's age, grade level, sex, race, caregiver education level, household income, state of residency, etc. This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.

  5. Emotionality Assessment

    Time frame: 5 minutes

    This is a 5 question survey that asks the caregiver to rate the child's ability to regulate emotions. This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.

  6. Strengths & difficulties Questionnaire Inattention/Hyperactivity subscale

    Time frame: 5 minutes

    This is a 5 question survey that asks the caregiver to rate the child's attentional behavior. This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.

  7. Ego Resiliency Scale

    Time frame: 5 minutes

    This is a 11 question survey that asks the caregiver to rate the child's ability to adapt to change. This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Virginia Chu, PhD, OTR/L

CONTACT

[email protected]

804-828-1564

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Virginia Commonwealth University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jun 15, 2023
Registry last updated
Jun 3, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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