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At what age is the BOT-2 used for a child?
The Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, 2nd edition (BOT-2) is a clinician-administered motor assessment designed for children and young people aged 4 to 21 years. It measures both fine-motor and gross-motor skills, helping a therapist understand where a child needs support and providing a baseline to track progress. It is not used for children under four, whose motor development is assessed with other tools.
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The Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, 2nd edition (BOT-2) is a clinician-administered assessment of motor skills in children and young people, typically aged about 4 to 21 years. Through playful, hands-on tasks it measures fine-motor control, manual coordination, body coordination, and strength and agility. It is an assessment tool that describes motor strengths and support areas — not a diagnosis — and is most useful as one part of a fuller developmental picture.
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How does the BOT-2 compare with the AbilityScore developmental assessment?
The BOT-2 and the AbilityScore answer different questions. The BOT-2 is a specialised, norm-referenced test of motor proficiency for ages 4–21 — how a child balances, runs, catches and uses their hands. The AbilityScore is a clinician-administered, structured developmental assessment that looks across the whole child to build a personal baseline and therapy plan. They complement rather than replace each other, and any diagnosis is formed only at a Pinnacle centre under qualified clinician care.
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The BOT-2 is a well-established, game-like assessment of a child's gross and fine motor skills for ages 4–21, usually taking 45–60 minutes. It helps when a child seems clumsy, tires quickly, or struggles with handwriting, scissors or catching. Whether your child should have one is best decided with a clinician — it is a measure, never a label.
Read the answer AnswerBOT-2: indications, strengths and limits in early childhood
The BOT-2 is a norm-referenced measure of fine and gross motor proficiency for ages 4–21, indicated to confirm and quantify motor delay, support DCD work-up and track intervention outcomes. Its strengths are robust norms and a Complete/Short Form structure; its main early-childhood limit is the 4-year age floor with reduced sensitivity and possible floor effects at the youngest ages, so it should be complemented with functional observation and report measures.
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