Peabody Developmental Motor Scales - Second Edition (PDMS-2): Reliability, content and construct validity evidence for Brazilian children.

Zanella et al. (2021) tested the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales-2 on Brazilian kids. They checked if the scores stay consistent and truly measure motor skills.

Children were aged birth to five years. Some had delays, some were typical. The team ran standard reliability and validity checks.

The PDMS-2 held up well in Portuguese. Reliability was acceptable and validity evidence was positive.

You can now trust the tool for motor evaluations with Brazilian preschoolers.

Faught et al. (2021) did the same kind of job in Lebanon. They validated an Arabic motor questionnaire for school-age kids. Both studies show careful translation plus solid numbers give you a green light overseas.

Hedley et al. (2010) moved a Spanish autism screen to Mexico. Like Wagner, they kept sensitivity high by re-testing the items in the new culture. Method match, outcome match.

Ge et al. (2024) took the Stanford social scale into Mandarin. Again, strong reliability popped out. The pattern is clear: good psychometric work travels across languages and domains.

If you serve Portuguese-speaking families, grab the PDMS-2 without worry. Use it to spot delays, write goals, and show progress. The data backing now matches what English users have enjoyed for years. One tip: run the full subtests; the study supports the complete battery, not short forms.