Alberta Infant Motor Skills Assessment

Alberta Infant Motor Skills (AIMS)

• Measures motor development in infants at risk for motor delay
• Focuses on milestones and components needed to achieve those milestones:
  • Weight distribution
  • Posture
  • Movement against gravity
• Suitable for infants 0-18 months or until independent walking but with relatively normal movement patterns
• Norm-referenced test
• Interobserver reliability found intraclass correlation coefficients of 0.76 to 0.99 for infants 0-18 months
• Content validation achieved through a survey of Canadian pediatric physical therapists and consultation with an international panel of experts
• Costs 96forthetestingmanualand96 for the testing manual and 96forthetestingmanualand50 for a package of 50 scoring sheets
• Requires additional materials:
  • Examining table for younger infants (0-4 months)
  • Firm mat or carpeted area for older infants
  • Toys appropriate for ages 0-18 months
  • Stable bench or chair to observe pull-to-stand, standing, and cruising items
• Takes 20 minutes to administer
• Can be administered in inpatient or outpatient settings, repeated monthly or less frequently depending on the purpose of testing/intervention
• Can be performed in inpatient (potentially at evaluation but more likely closer to discharge for planning purposes), outpatient, or developmental clinics

Bayley Scales of Infant Development (Bayley 4)

• Measures multiple domains of child development

Alberta Infant Motor Skills (AIMS)

• Measures motor development in infants at risk for motor delay.

• Focuses on attaining motor milestones and components necessary to attain the milestones which are:

  • Weight distribution
  • Posture
  • Movement against the force of gravity

• Suitable for infants aged 0-18 months or until walking independently.

• Best suited for infants who are delayed, but have relatively normal movement patterns.

• Norm-referenced.

• Interobserver reliability found intraclass correlation coefficients of 0.76 to 0.99 of infants 0-18 months.

• Content validation was accomplished through a mail survey of Canadian pediatric physical therapists and consultation with an international panel of experts.

• 96testingmanual,96 testing manual, 96testingmanual,50 testing scoring sheets (package of 50).

• Additional materials needed: examining table for younger infants (0 to 4 months), firm mat or carpeted area for older infants, toys appropriate for ages 0 to 18 months, stable wood bench or chair to observe some of the pull to stand, standing, and cruising items.

• Takes 20 minutes to administer.

• Can be administered inpatient or outpatient, and repeated monthly or less often depending on the purpose of testing/intervention.

• Setting(s) in which this would be performed: inpatient (potentially at evaluation more likely closer to discharge for planning purposes), outpatient, developmental clinic.

Bayley Scales of Infant Development (Bayley 4)

• Covers multiple domains of child development.

Alberta Infant Motor Skills (AIMS)

• Measures motor development in infants at risk for motor delay
• Focuses on milestones and components needed to achieve them:
  • Weight distribution
  • Posture
  • Movement against gravity
• Used for infants aged 0-18 months or until they walk independently
• Best suited for infants with delayed development but relatively normal movement patterns
• Norm-referenced
• Interobserver reliability with intraclass correlation coefficients of 0.76 to 0.99 for infants 0-18 months
• Content validity established through surveys and expert consultation
• Cost: 96fortestingmanualand96 for testing manual and 96fortestingmanualand50 for scoring sheets (package of 50)
• Requires additional materials such as an examining table, firm mat or carpeted area, toys, stable bench or chair
• Takes approximately 20 minutes to administer
• Can be administered in inpatient or outpatient settings, repeated monthly or less frequently depending on assessment goals
• Used in various settings: inpatient, outpatient, developmental clinics

Bayley Scales of Infant Development (Bayley 4)

• Assesses multiple domains of child development

Alberta Infant Motor Skills (AIMS)

• Measures motor development in infants at risk for motor delay
• Focuses on attaining motor milestones and components necessary to achieve those milestones
  • Weight distribution
  • Posture
  • Movement against the force of gravity
• Suitable for infants aged 0-18 months or until they can walk independently
• Most effective for infants with delays but relatively normal movement patterns
• Norm-referenced
• Interobserver reliability has shown intraclass correlation coefficients of 0.76 to 0.99 for infants from 0-18 months old
• Content validation was achieved through a survey of Canadian pediatric physical therapists and consultation with an international panel of experts
• Costs 96forthetestingmanualand96 for the testing manual and 96forthetestingmanualand50 for a package of 50 testing and scoring sheets
• Requires additional materials such as:
  • Examining table for infants 0-4 months
  • Firm mat or carpeted area for older infants
  • Toys suitable for infants ages 0-18 months
  • Stable wood bench or chair to observe pull-to-stand, standing, and cruising items
• Takes approximately 20 minutes to administer
• Can be administered in both inpatient and outpatient settings
• May be repeated monthly or less frequently based on the purpose of the test or intervention
• Can be used in inpatient, outpatient, or developmental clinic settings

Bayley Scales of Infant Development (Bayley 4)

• Assesses multiple domains of child development