A new approach for the quantitative evaluation of drawings in children with learning disabilities

• Published in: Research in developmental disabilities Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 1004 - 1010
• Main Authors: Galli, Manuela, Vimercati, Sara Laura, Stella, Giacomo, Caiazzo, Giorgia, Norveti, Federica, Onnis, Francesca, Rigoldi, Chiara, Albertini, Giorgio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Ability Identification; Arm - physiology; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child clinical studies; Children; Childrens Art; Comparative Analysis; Denver Developmental Screening Test; Developmental disorders; Disability Evaluation; Drawing test; Electronics, Medical; Evaluation Methods; Freehand Drawing; Hand - physiology; Handwriting; Humans; Learning Disabilities; Learning disabled children; Learning disorders; Learning Disorders - diagnosis; Learning Disorders - physiopathology; Mass Screening - instrumentation; Mass Screening - methods; Medical sciences; Motor Skills - physiology; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; Muscles; Optics and Photonics; Optoelectronic system; Parameters; Posture - physiology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Quantification; Screening Tests; Statistical Analysis; Techniques and methods; Optoelectronic system; Learning disabilities; Denver Developmental Screening Test; Drawing test; Human; Evaluation; Methodology; Cognitive ability; Psychometrics; Cognition; School age; Learning disability; Test scoring; Child; Motricity; Test interpretation; Quantitative analysis

► The comparison of LD (learning disabilities) subjects and N (normal) subjects’ drawings highlights the presence of a lack of precision and of greater variability, for LD subjects, in the copy of figures. ► LD subjects draw bent crosses and irregular polygons (angles are minor or major than 90°). ►...