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SENSORY PROFILE
Lauren Tumey & Sarah Durham
PURPOSE:
To evaluate possible sensory processing patterns
that support and/or interfere with a child’s daily
functional performance.
Helps to identify which specific sensory system or
systems are contributing to dysfunctional behavior.
Provides information about the child’s level of
responsivity (hyper responsive or hypo responsive)
Key Characteristics
Written by Winnie Dunn, OTR
Age: Birth to 36 months
Available in English or Spanish
Assessment approach:
Judgment based-Caregiver Questionnaire
Ecological and Top Down
Supports family-centered care philosophy
Caregiver main source of data collection
Assesses child’s response to sensory stimuli in a natural
environment (daily routines at home)
This tool can be used in early intervention and private
practice setting.
Key Characteristics
Frame of references
Sensory Integration
Neuroscience
Length= 30 minutes
15 minutes to administer
15 minutes to score
Areas of occupation
ADLs (Sleep, eating, bathing, grooming, toileting)
Social participation
Play
Test Cost
Complete kit =$200.00
Includes
user’s manual, 25 questionnaires, and 25
summary score sheets
Profile User’s Manual= $114.00
Questionnaire(25)= $59.00
Summary Score Sheet(25)=$35.00
http://www.pearsonclinical.com/therapy/products/100000389/infanttodd
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DOMAINS:
Quadrants: Sensory processing
low registration sections:
sensation seeking general
tactile
vestibular
Birth to 6 months:
36 items
7 -36 months:
48 items
Demonstration
Scoring: Quadrant Grids
Interpretation: 7-36 months
Definite difference: outside + or – 2 SD
Probable difference: within +/- 1 to 2 SD range
Typical performance: at or between +/- 1 SD
Interpretation: birth- 6 months
Consult and follow-up
Scores outside + or – 1 SD
Typical performance
Scores at or between + or – 1 SD
Interpretation: Sensory Processing
Sections
7-36 months ONLY
Test Results
The results of this measure are not to be used alone.
Should be used in combination with other
evaluations, observations, and reports.
Measure reveals child’s sensory patterns based on
Dunn’s Model of Sensory Processing
This helps in guiding treatment planning.
Test Development
Developed first from the Sensory Profile (ages 3-10)
Exploratory study-100 parents of infants and toddlers
completed Sensory Profile and marked out any
inappropriate age items.
Expert panel- reviewed and sorted items into
quadrants
Pilot study- Clinical Edition
Standard Error of Measurement (SEM) values are provided for each quadrant
and sensory section raw score totals. SEM aid in calculation of confidence
intervals.
Measurement Concerns
Judgment based tool
rating is based on parent’s interpretation ( could be
bias)
Should be used in combination with other tools
Can be used by many professionals but recommend
background in sensory processing
Adequate reliability
Reference
Dunn, W. (2002). Infant/Toddler Sensory Profile.
Bloomington, MN: NCS Pearson, INC.