Testing of Online Version of QAPS

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Child Development

Treatments: Other: Assessing prewriting skills in children

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05905523

HM20026549

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 1,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 7 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children between 3 to 7 years old

Exclusion criteria

• Children unable to follow directions to attempt copying shapes.

Trial design

1,000 participants in 5 patient groups

3 year old participants

Description:

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

Treatment:

Other: Assessing prewriting skills in children

4 year old participants

Description:

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

Treatment:

Other: Assessing prewriting skills in children

5 year old participants

Description:

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

Treatment:

Other: Assessing prewriting skills in children

6 year old participants

Description:

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

Treatment:

Other: Assessing prewriting skills in children

7 year old participants

Description:

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

Treatment:

Other: Assessing prewriting skills in children