What does TVMI stand for?

Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration Factor Analysis.

Concurrent validity studies with the Motor-Free Visual Perceptual Test (Colarusso & Hammill, 1972) and the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (Beery, 1989) resulted in a high correlation with subtest scores of the DTVP-2.

Administration, scoring, and teaching manual for the Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration with Supplemental Developmental Tests of Visual Perception and Motor Coordination (4th ed.

The motor coordination subtest of the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI) (Beery, 1997) was used as a second measure of fine motor coordination.

In that context, Christopher, Kelley, and Krauss (2003) assessed handwriting abilities in kindergarten students, using the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI), and found a strong positive relationship between performance on the VMI and the ability to copy letter forms legibly.

The visual-perceptual instruments most frequently used by pediatric occupational therapists include the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI), Test of Visual Perception Skills-Revised (Non-Motor) (TVPS-R), Motor Free Visual Perception Test-Revised (MVPT-R), Test of Visual-Motor Skills-Revised (TVMS-R), Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests (SIPT), Developmental Test of Visual Perception-2 (DTVP-2), and Wide Range Assessment of Visual-Motor Abilities (WRAVMA) (Burtner, McMain, & Crowe, 2002; Chu & Hong, 1997; Crowe, 1989; Reid, 1987; Rodger, 1994; Schneck, 1996).

In these studies, visual-motor integration was measured with the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (Beery, 1989).

In a related study, Tassinari and Eastland (1997) report an 85% success rate in improving scores from passing to failing on the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (Beery, 1989) among patients who were treated for deficient functional visual skills that included oculomotor and binocular visual skills.