Motor-Academic-Perceptual (M-A-P) Skill Development Checklist.

Presented is the M-A-P (motor, academic, and perceptual) skill development checklist, said to be designed to provide the teacher of young handicapped children with a behavior oriented evaluation of the child's skills leading to the provision of appropriate learning objectives. The checklist is designed to be completed as a result of teacher observation of the child. The chart lists behaviors from simpler to more complex and usually offers five levels of possible performance for each behavior. Included are 14 gross motor skills (from raising head to riding tricycle), 19 manipulative skills (from moving hands to playing a musical instrument), 27 self-care skills (such as zippering and putting away toys), two skills in the area of body awareness (such as naming body parts), seven general academic readiness skills (such as following directions and handling books), 10 communication skills (such as making conversation), seven early academic skills (such as writing letters), six visual discrimination skills (from focusing to discriminating among sizes), and four non-visual discrimination skills (such as taste discrimination). Forms are provided on which to summarize the child's current level of functioning and to formulate a behavioral prescription based on the results of the checklists. (DB)