OS-MCQ
UnvalidatedOpenScreener Motor Coordination Questionnaire
5 – 15 yearsParent, Teacher~3 min16 questions
Compared with other children the same age, how hard is each activity for this child?
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About this screener — evidence, source, what inspired it
Asks how hard everyday motor tasks are for the child compared with peers, across ball skills, fine motor/handwriting, and general coordination, plus whether difficulties affect daily life. DCD affects around 5% of children and is frequently missed or mistaken for laziness or clumsiness.
Evidence · unvalidated
This is an OpenScreener original instrument. Its thresholds are provisional, set by expert judgement rather than population norms, and have not yet been validated. Treat results as a structured record of concerns, not a score with known sensitivity or specificity.
Inspired by
- Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCDQ’07) · Wilson, Alberta Children’s Hospital
Parent comparison of the child’s motor performance with peers across movement-control, fine-motor, and general-coordination factors. - Movement ABC-2 Checklist · Pearson
Teacher-rated everyday motor competence.
Not affiliated with these publishers. No items, norms or scoring materials from them are used — only publicly described constructs and procedures. Scores are not interchangeable.
Source & licence
OpenScreener contributors. OpenScreener Motor Coordination Questionnaire (OS-MCQ), v0.1, 2026.
Licence: CC BY 4.0