Testing of Online Version of QAPS

NCT ID: NCT05905523

Last Updated: 2025-10-30

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 1000 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-10-03
• Study Completion Date: 2026-05-01

Brief Summary

Early evaluation of prewriting skills is important, as prewriting skills set the stage for later learning of the fine motor and visual motor skills needed for writing. Evaluation of prewriting skills allows for the identification of those children who struggle with these tasks so that early intervention might address these foundational skills before academic demands become more challenging. However, current prewriting skill assessments are limited to pencil-and-paper assessments that require an evaluator to score the drawn shapes. Manual scoring is time consuming, can be subjective, and limit the ability to capture subtle changes in performance.

We have developed an assessment on a tablet to assess prewriting skills in children. The preliminary testing of the assessment is published in a paper (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35417278/). We are now working on developing an online version of the assessment that will allow offsite data collection and will automate the analysis on the website so that the results can be automatically generated for the clinician or educator who wants to use this with the children they work with.

Conditions

Child Development

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

3 year old participants

In this study, your child will be asked to do the following things:

1. Play a drawing game on a tablet

2. Copy shapes using a pencil in a paper booklet

3. Write some letters and cut paper with scissors You will complete surveys and answer questions about your child's development

Assessing prewriting skills in children

Intervention Type: OTHER

In this study, your child will be asked to do the following things:

1. Play a drawing game on a tablet

2. Copy shapes using a pencil in a paper booklet

3. Write some letters and cut paper with scissors You will complete surveys and answer questions about your child's development

4 year old participants

In this study, your child will be asked to do the following things:

1. Play a drawing game on a tablet

2. Copy shapes using a pencil in a paper booklet

3. Write some letters and cut paper with scissors You will complete surveys and answer questions about your child's development

Assessing prewriting skills in children

Intervention Type: OTHER

In this study, your child will be asked to do the following things:

1. Play a drawing game on a tablet

2. Copy shapes using a pencil in a paper booklet

3. Write some letters and cut paper with scissors You will complete surveys and answer questions about your child's development

5 year old participants

In this study, your child will be asked to do the following things:

1. Play a drawing game on a tablet

2. Copy shapes using a pencil in a paper booklet

3. Write some letters and cut paper with scissors You will complete surveys and answer questions about your child's development

Assessing prewriting skills in children

Intervention Type: OTHER

In this study, your child will be asked to do the following things:

1. Play a drawing game on a tablet

2. Copy shapes using a pencil in a paper booklet

3. Write some letters and cut paper with scissors You will complete surveys and answer questions about your child's development

6 year old participants

In this study, your child will be asked to do the following things:

1. Play a drawing game on a tablet

2. Copy shapes using a pencil in a paper booklet

3. Write some letters and cut paper with scissors You will complete surveys and answer questions about your child's development

Assessing prewriting skills in children

Intervention Type: OTHER

In this study, your child will be asked to do the following things:

1. Play a drawing game on a tablet

2. Copy shapes using a pencil in a paper booklet

3. Write some letters and cut paper with scissors You will complete surveys and answer questions about your child's development

7 year old participants

In this study, your child will be asked to do the following things:

1. Play a drawing game on a tablet

2. Copy shapes using a pencil in a paper booklet

3. Write some letters and cut paper with scissors You will complete surveys and answer questions about your child's development

Assessing prewriting skills in children

Intervention Type: OTHER

In this study, your child will be asked to do the following things:

1. Play a drawing game on a tablet

2. Copy shapes using a pencil in a paper booklet

3. Write some letters and cut paper with scissors You will complete surveys and answer questions about your child's development

Interventions

Assessing prewriting skills in children

In this study, your child will be asked to do the following things:

1. Play a drawing game on a tablet

2. Copy shapes using a pencil in a paper booklet

3. Write some letters and cut paper with scissors You will complete surveys and answer questions about your child's development

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Children between 3 to 7 years old

Exclusion Criteria

• Children unable to follow directions to attempt copying shapes.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 3 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 7 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Virginia Commonwealth University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Virginia Chu, PhD, OTR/L

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Virginia Commonwealth University

Locations

Virginia Commonweath University

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

United States

Central Contacts

Virginia Chu, PhD, OTR/L

Role: CONTACT

vchu@vcu.edu

804-828-1564

Facility Contacts

Virginia Chu

Role: primary

vchu@vcu.edu

804-828-1564

Other Identifiers

HM20026549

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id