In order to address the challenges of and to provide recommendations for Asian expat parents of Early Childhood students with sensory integration challenges and their international educators, I am interested finding out more about the experiences and perspectives of Asian expat parents; international school administrators and teachers; as well as occupational therapists.
With this cultural approach research I hope to support the journey of Asian parents of children with sensory integration challenges in international school.
The two tests we developed are the Grading of Force test (GoF) and the Grading of Movement test (GoM). The GoF test is a measurement of how exactly the subject can grade his/her force. The subject’s task is to exhibit pressure on a horizontal surface with the flat hand (distal portion of the 4 fingers). The GoM test, is a measurement of how precisely the subject can grade an arm movement without visual control. The task requires the subject to move his/her index finger from a starting point to a voluntary place on a horizontal surface. The GoM test is based on a paper-pencil test, the Kinesthesia test of the Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests.
http://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/PubDat_234068.pdf
Try this article:
East–West cultural differences in context-sensitivity are evident in early childhood
Toshie Imada1,*,
Stephanie M. Carlson2 and
Shoji Itakura3
Article first published online: 20 DEC 2012
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12016
© 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Krishnan Umachandran: thank you very much for sharing the information about the GoF and GoM tests. This would be a great tool to use in a country like Indonesia!
Sheila Macrine: your suggested article has valuable data re East-West cultural differences in context-sensitivity. Thank you for sharing.