Infant AND TODDLER SENSORY PROFILE
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INFANT AND TODDLER
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:
Supports family-centered care philosophy
Judgment based-Caregiver Questionnaire
Ecological and Top Down
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
ler-sensory-profile.html?Pid=076-1649-549
DOMAINS:
Quadrants:
low
registration
sensation seeking
sensory sensitivity
sensation avoiding
Sensory processing
sections:
general
auditory
visual
tactile
vestibular
oral
( 7-36 months only)
TESTING PROCEDURES:
3 ways to administer:
1.
2.
3.
Send Caregiver Questionnaire with cover letter for specific
instructions home with parent
Have caregiver complete form in office or clinic
Help caregiver fill out questionnaire( possible language
differences/reading disabilities)
Inform caregiver to fill out front page of Caregiver
Questionnaire including: child’s name, child’s birthdate,
caregiver name, relationship to child, and other
questions.
SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATION
PROCEDURE:
Instruct caregiver to read each item on the
questionnaire and check the box that best describes the
frequency which he/she observes the behaviors.
1 Almost always: >90%
2 Frequently: about 75%
3 Occasionally: about 50%
4 Seldom: about 25%
5 Almost never: <10%
Encourage caregiver to make comments under each
section and make sure caregiver answers 2 questions at
end of questionnaire.
Make sure all items are completed because raw scores
cannot be completed for that section or quadrant if one
is missing.
EXAMPLES OF TEST ITEMS:
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
Infant/Toddler Sensory Profile –Standardization Edition
study
STANDARDIZATION:
Standardization sample
N=589
0-6
months= 100
7-36 months=489
U.S. children without disabilities
Item bias review:
Age,
gender, region of U.S., ethnicity, yearly income,
and type of community
What about children with disabilities?
Measure was standardized for children birth to 36 months
without disability, but data was provided to guide
interpretation for children with the following disabilities:
Developmental delay
Health impairments and metabolic disorders
Pervasive developmental disorder (autism)
Down syndrome
Sensory integrative dysfunction
Language delay
Manual provides appendix that graphs the mean and -/+
1 SD scores for children with and without disabilities.
PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES:
Internal Consistency
Reliability
Test-Retest Reliability
Validity
Birth to 6 months
(.17-.83)
Test-Retest Structure
(n=32)
Content Validity Established
through exploratory study, expert
panels, and pilot study
7 to 36 months
(.42 to .86)
Sensory processing
section scores = .86
Convergent and Discriminant
Evidence (Construct and
Concurrent Validity): Criterion
measure- Infant/Toddler Symptom
Checklist
Quadrant scores=.74
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.