Bot 2 Assessment
What is it?
What is the Bot 2 Assessment?
The Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOT-2) is an assessment tool that measures fine and gross motor proficiency. The BOT-2 is broken down into 8 different sub-tests including 53 items that focus on:
- Balance (vestibular)
- Balance (non-vestibular)
- Coordination
- Dexterity and object manipulation
- Functional mobility
- Gait
- Strength
- Upper extremity function
The test is tailored for school age children and young adults, and is applicable amongst the ages of 4-21 years, who have varying motor control abilities ranging from normal to mild or moderate. Each item throughout the assessment is recorded to provide a raw score, which the administrator is then able to convert into a total score. From here, the individual’s score is able to be positioned in the norm tables provided with the BOT-2, to obtain standard scores and percentile ranks for motor-area composites, confidence intervals and age-equivalents for each gross and fine motor item.
The BOT-2 offers a range of administration options:
- Complete form: this is the preferred option, including all 53 testing items, as it has been found the most-reliable and comprehensive to measure motor proficiency. Testing time takes approximately 1 hour
- Short form: for screening or program evaluation. Testing time takes approximately 30 minutes
- Select composites or subtests: administered based in the individual’s needs. Time taken will vary for each individual depending on how many items need to be evaluated.