PEEX 2 assesses a child’s performance on 31 tasks in 5 different areas of development: fine motor/graphomotor function, language function, gross motor function, memory function, and visual processing function. Children are also rated on attention at various points throughout the exam.

Based on years of feedback from clinicians in the field, recent research, and field testing, PEEX 2 was extensively revised in 1996. The revised format improved scoring and administration of the exam. The language section is shorter and the visual discrimination tasks more extensive. Children are now rated on selective attention and behavior affect at 3 points during the exam.

The following tasks are assessed in the PEEX 2:

PEERAMID 2 assesses a child’s performance on 35 tasks in 5 different areas of development: fine motor/graphomotor function, language function, gross motor function, memory function, and visual processing function. Children are also rated on attention at various points throughout the exam. Although PEERAMID 2 does not yield an overall score or diagnostic label, the results can help generate a description of a child’s developmental profile.

The PEERAMID 2 was revised in the late 1990s based on recent research in the field of learning disorders, advances in the study of neurodevelopmental function, and feedback from clinicians in the field. PEERAMID 2 now contains tasks that tape the higher language abilities needed for success in secondary school, including the interpretation of ambiguous sentences and the ability to draw verbal inferences. Formal assessments of critical aspects of memory function include tests of visual and verbal recall, short term memory, motor memory, and rate of retrieval. Rating systems are provided for the use of strategies, for attention, and for behavior and affect.

The following tasks are assessed in the PEERAMID 2:

The PEERAMID 2 Record Form provides space for recording a child’s responses to the various tasks on the examination. The form includes a recording area for task analysis and behavioral observations, examiner’s cues and notes, space for a general health assessment, and a summary of impressions. The Response Book, which contains stimuli and space for the child to write responses to certain tasks, becomes part of the child’s record. A completed, reduced version of both of these forms is included in the Appendix of the Examiner’s Manual; the responses provided correspond to those of the student profiled in the Clinician’s Training Video.

The Record Forms and Response Booklets are sold in packages of 1 dozen of each booklet.

This examination is designed to be administered by health-care professionals who have received training in its use. For more information about training, call the Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning at 919.966.4855.

The Clinician’s Training Video shows Dr. Mel Levine administering PEERAMID 2 in its entirety to an eleven year old child named Jeff. Viewers are encouraged to watch the tape straight through once then view it again following along using the Record Form and Response Book, which can be found completed with Jeff’s data in the Appendix of the Examiner’s Manual. A brief case history precedes the administration of the exam.

This examination is designed to be administered by health-care professionals who have received training in its use. For information about an Introductory Conference on Neurodevelopmental Variation for Physicians, Psychologists, and Other Clinicians offered by All Kinds of Minds, which was founded by Dr. Mel Levine, follow this link.