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title: "Seguin Form Board Test (SFBT): A Clinician's Guide"
url: "https://www.ellomind.com/ai-tools-for-psychologists/tests/seguin-form-board/"
description: "A clinician's overview of the Seguin Form Board Test: what the timed performance test measures, how it is administered and scored, and its use in India. Educational only."
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Performance test (India) 

# Seguin Form Board Test (SFBT)

Performance test of visual-motor ability · Roughly 3 to 11 years (used more widely)

A clinician's overview of the Seguin Form Board Test (SFBT), a quick timed performance test of visual-motor ability. What it measures, how it is scored, and where it fits in Indian assessment.

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**Educational overview only.** The Seguin Form Board apparatus and norms are obtained through publishers or suppliers and used by trained examiners. This page is educational only.

## What it is

The Seguin Form Board, one of the oldest performance tests, uses a wooden board with recesses of different shapes and matching blocks. The person places the blocks into the correct recesses as quickly as possible, over several trials, and the best time is used.

It gives a quick, largely non-verbal index of visual-motor coordination, spatial ability and speed, and is often used as a brief screen or ice-breaker within a wider assessment.

## Who it is for

It is used mainly with children, and as a quick performance measure with clients where language-loaded testing is not suitable, including in developmental and intellectual disability assessment.

It is administered individually, with timing, by a trained examiner.

## How it is administered

The examiner presents the board and blocks, demonstrates, then times the person over usually three trials, recording the shortest completion time and comparing it with norms.

The apparatus is obtained through a publisher or supplier; performance depends on standardised administration.

## Use in India

In India, the Seguin Form Board is widely used as a brief performance test and screen, and appears in many assessment batteries and clinics. Indian norms exist, and it is valued for being quick, engaging for children, and independent of language and literacy.

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## Citation and sources

Seguin, E. (1907). Idiocy and its treatment by the physiological method. (Form board method.)

* [Édouard Séguin (background)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard%5FS%C3%A9guin)  — Wikipedia

## Frequently asked questions

What does the Seguin Form Board Test measure? + 

Visual-motor coordination, spatial ability and speed. The person fits shaped blocks into matching recesses as fast as they can, over several timed trials.

What age group is the Seguin Form Board for? + 

It is used mainly with young children, roughly ages 3 to 11, though it also serves as a brief performance screen more widely.

How is the Seguin Form Board scored? + 

By time. The person completes the board over usually three trials, and the shortest completion time is compared with norms.

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