Pediatric Assessment Tools Practice Exam

The PDMS-2 organizes motor skills into distinct subtests that reflect different types of movement and stages of development: Reflexes assess early, automatic responses; Stationary evaluates static postural control and balance; Locomotion looks at moving skills like walking and running; Object Manipulation covers ball skills and hand coordination; Grasping focuses on fine motor hand skills; Visual-Motor Integration combines eye-hand coordination. Balance isn’t listed as its own subtest—the closest is Stationary, which includes balance-related tasks as part of maintaining a steady posture. So, Balance isn’t a separate PDMS-2 subtest, while Reflexes, Locomotion, and Grasping are.