It is specifically designed for students who have orthopedic disabilities.

It is appropriate for use with a multitude of different types of orthopedic disabilities.

It is appropriate for use with students from 3 through 21 years of age.

 It allows for the deletion of test items, if they are inappropriate for a particular student.

It allows for performance from a sitting or standing position.

It includes a wheelchair mobility test section.

 It allows for flexibility in data gathering methods.

  It includes all of the motor skill performance areas that relate to determining a student's strengths and weaknesses in terms of appropriate activity planning.

Each sub-test item deemed appropriate for the nature of the student's specific disability requires a motor skill response and scoring occurs immediately following the response.

Some of the test items are purely observational in nature and require only a check mark; while others require measurements with respect to time, accuracy and/or distance.

 All of the test items include a comment area to record the quality of movement observed.

When a specific test item should be deleted due to its inappropriateness for a student with a specific disability, instructions are given on the score sheet and in the specific directions for administering the test. 

Scoring procedures used by the test administrator are easily understood and quickly identifiable on the score sheet.

The total estimated time needed for administration of the KALMS (R) is approximately 45 minutes, including set up time.  These time constraints will vary with the severity of the student's disability and the ability of the student to cognitively understand the directions for performance of any sub-test item.