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Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting, Second Edition

DASH-2
  • Anna Barnett
  • Sheila E. Henderson
  • Beverly Scheib
Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting, Second Edition (DASH-2) is a reliable measure of handwriting speed for children and young adults. DASH-2 helps identify functional handwriting difficulties and provides relevant information for intervention planning. 
 
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DASH-2 ANZ Complete Kit (Print)
A103000399155 Qualification Level B

Includes:

  • Examiner Manual
  • 25 Record Forms
  • Set of Stimulus Cards

Ordering

AUD 380.00

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Estimated release:August 2024

Overview

Scores/Interpretation:
Subtest Scaled Scores, Total Score Percentile Rank

Publication date:
March 2024

Completion time:
20-30 minutes

Administration:
Individual or group; paper and pencil 

Age range:
8 to 25 years

Qualification level:
 A

Qualification Level

Level A

This approval level enables you to buy our assessments that require no professional degree, accreditation, organization membership, or license/certificate.

Level B

This approval level enables you to buy our assessments requiring A or B qualification levels.

Level C

This approval level enables you to buy all our assessments.

Norms:
The DASH-2 norms were derived from a sample of over 1000, collected jointly in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.

 

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Product Details

Benefits

  • Provides standardised subtest scores for a variety of different handwriting tasks.
  • Offers objective evidence on which to base applications for special accommodations in education settings.
  • Suitable for both individual and group administration.
  • Offers reliability, based on nationally stratified normative samples of over 1000 children and young adults collected across the UK, Australia, and New Zealand between 2021 and 2023.

Features

DASH-2 includes 5 subtests that are administered and scored by hand and allow comparison of handwriting performance during written tasks with varying demands.

The DASH-2 subtests:

  • Copy Best
  • Alphabet Writing
  • Copy Fast
  • Free Writing
  • Graphic Speed

DASH/DASH 17+ vs DASH-2 Comparison

DASH / DASH 17+DASH-2
Age range
DASH: 9:0 – 16:11 years
DASH 17+: - 17:0 – 25:11 years		Age range
8:0 – 25:11 years
5 subtests
  • Copy Best
  • Alphabet Writing
  • Copy Fast
  • Free Writing
  • Graphic Speed
5 subtests
  • Copy Best
  • Alphabet Writing
  • Copy Fast
  • Free Writing
  • Graphic Speed
Single topic for Free Writing task (‘My Life’)Addition of a second, more demanding topic option for Free Writing task:
  • My Life
  • Past, Present, Future
Scoring
  • Task-level Standard Scores
  • Total Standard Score
  • Percentile ranks
  • Confidence intervals
  • Copy speed difference
  • WPM profile (Free Writing)
  • Percent illegible
Scoring
  • Task-level Standard Scores
  • Total Standard Score
  • Percentile ranks
  • Confidence intervals
  • Copy speed difference
  • WPM profile (Free Writing)
  • Percent illegible
UK normsNormative data co-collected between UK, Australia, and New Zealand
Paper and pencil administrationPaper and pencil administration

 

 

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