Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration | Sixth Edition (BEERY™ VMI)
What It Measures
The Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (Beery VMI) measures how well a person's eyes and hands work together. The task is simple: copy a series of geometric forms with a pencil, arranged from a straight line at the easy end to complex interlocking shapes at the hard end. No talking is required, which makes it usable across languages and educational backgrounds.
Copying a shape badly does not by itself say why. Two optional supplemental tests separate the two halves: the Visual Perception test asks the person to identify matching forms without drawing, and the Motor Coordination test asks them to trace within boundaries. Comparing all three on the profile in the test booklet shows whether the difficulty sits in vision, in motor control, or in coordinating the two.
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Additional Notes
Learn More: Two formats exist — a Short Format typically used with children roughly ages 2 to 8, and a Full Format extending through adulthood. The sixth edition combined the previously separate child and adult booklets into one, so a clinician seeing a mixed caseload carries a single form. Norms run from age 2 through 100, and both formats can be given individually or to a group; the supplemental tests are recommended individually.