The first specific objective of this study was
to compare the mean Beery VMI scores of a sample
of Canadian kindergarten children to those obtained
by the American reference population. The findings
showed that the visual-motor integration skills of
the Canadian sample were broadly comparable to
the U.S-based norms. Therefore, these results
support the use of the American Beery VMI norms
with kindergarten children in Quebec, Canada.
However, no clear argument can explain the
significant difference found in the youngest
Canadian age group (68-69 months).