Child or Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile (pick one or the other)

Title of Assessment

Sensory Profile (specify population) adult / adolescence

Author(s)

Catana E. Brown PH.D., OTR, FAOTA, Winnie Dunn PH.D., OTR, FAOTA

Year of Publication/Publisher

2002 by NCS Pearson, Inc.

Identify Type of Assessment

Norm-referenced, Standardized, Questionnaires (self-report)

Cost & How to Access Assessment

$339.50 https://www.sralab.org/rehabilitation-measures/sensory-profile

Where to buy:

https://www.pearsonassessments.com/store/usassessments/en/Store/Professional-Assessments/ooooMotor-Sensory/Sensory-Profile-2/p/100000822.html

Adolescence/Adult:

https://www.pearsonassessments.com/store/usassessments/en/Store/Professional-Assessments/Motor-Sensory/Adolescent-Adult-Sensory-Profile/p/100000434.html

Infants/Toddler: $90.80

https://www.pearsonassessments.com/store/usassessments/en/Store/Professional-Assessments/Motor-Sensory/Infant-Toddler-Sensory-Profile/p/100000389.html

Population

1 years old and older- different versions, limited used for geriatrics

Adolescent/Adult sensory profile-

11 years old and up. There are different forms of this assessment for different age groups. 

DO NOT INCLUDE:

Infant Sensory Profile: Babies from Birth–6 months; caregivers complete this form. Toddler Sensory Profile: Toddlers aged 7–35; caregivers complete this form. Child Sensory Profile: Children aged 3–14 years; caregivers complete this form.

Appropriate Settings

Any setting- can include school-based, community-based, outpatient, inpatient, clubhouse

Purpose of Assessment & Function(s)/Area(s) Assessed

The Sensory Profile is a norm-referenced assessment used to identify sensory processing patterns and comprehend the impact of different sensory processing patterns on functional performance. List all senses assessed

§  Attention on tasks 

§  Self-awareness

§  Adaption to stimuli

§  Sensory discrimination

§  Postural-ocular skills 

§  Social-emotional functioning

§  Senses: taste, hearing, sight, touch, proprioception, interception, vestibular, smell

Administration 

It takes 10-15 minutes to administer.  This assessment is indented for individual therapy. There are no subtests but different forms of the test are available according to age group.  Standardization is ensured as the assessment follows a specific format and has a specific way it is administered. 

User Qualifications

Those administering this assessment must obtain a master's degree in psychology, education, speech language pathology, occupational therapy, social work, counseling, or in a field closely related. No training is required. 

Materials Required

Sensory profile packet, pen or pencil

Scoring Procedure

For each statement, the client rates from 1 (Almost Never) to 5 (Almost Always).  Scores are tallied into 4 quadrants, exposing if the client is low registration, sensation seeking, sensory sensitive, and or sensory avoiding 

Psychometrics/Standardization 

Good test-retest reliability 

Internal consistency

Strengths & Weaknesses of Assessment

Strengths:

§ Research Based – good psychometric properties

§ Client-centered 

§ Increases understanding of client's sensory processing patterns

§ Designs strategies for managing daily routines

Weaknesses

§ Cross- cultural validity 

§ Hypothesis testing 

§ Structural validity

§ Self-report

References

Adolescent/adult sensory profile. Pearson Assessments. (n.d.). https://www.pearsonassessments.com/store/usassessments/en/Store/Professional-Assessments/Motor-Sensory/Adolescent-Adult-Sensory-Profile/p/100000434.html

Adult sensory profile. TheraPlatform. (n.d.). https://www.theraplatform.com/blog/1083/adult-sensory-profile

Sensory profile. Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. (2023, May 15). https://www.sralab.org/rehabilitation-measures/sensory-profile

Title of Assessment

 Sensory Profile (child)

Author(s)

 Winnie Dunn, PhD, OTR, FAOTA

Year of Publication/Publisher

 1999

Identify Type of Assessment

• Norm-referenced

• standardized

Cost & How to Access Assessment

 Annual Cost: $339.50

Population

•  3-10 years of age

• Adult sensory profile available for higher ages 

• mixed populations

Appropriate Settings

• school-based

• inpatient

• community-based settings

• home health

• outpatient settings

Purpose of Assessment & Function(s)/Area(s) Assessed

• the purpose is to identify sensory processing patterns and comprehend the impact of different sensory processing patterns and how that affects functional performance

the areas assessed include:

• Hearing

• Infant & Child Development

• Olfaction

• Taste

• Touch

• Vestibular

• Vision & Perception 

Administration

• 15-20 minutes

User Qualifications

 No required training/qualifications

Materials Required

• assessment sheet

• writing utensil

Scoring Procedure 

• caregiver fills out form

• 125 items

• rating scale ranges from 1 "Almost Never" to 5 "Almost Always" or 0 for “does not apply”. 

• higher scores indicate a higher frequency of specific sensory responses

• 9 subscales: 

  • Auditory

  •  Visual

  •  Touch

  •  Movement

  • Body Position

  • Oral Sensory

  • Conduct

  • Social Emotional

  •  Attentional

•  4 quadrants (sensation seeking, sensory sensitivity, sensation avoiding, and low registration) 

• Subscale raw scores are individually calculated

• followed by quadrant raw scores

•  Raw scores are converted into percentile ranks.

• percentile ranges rank individuals on four sensory processing patterns 

Psychometrics/Standardization

• reliability=  (ICC = 0.80 to 0.90) 

• validity=   (Spearman’s Rho = 0.86, p < 0.01) 

Strengths & Weaknesses of Assessment

Strengths

• accurate information on children's sensory processing

• inclusive- has a version for all ages

Weaknesses

• long

• potential reporter bias

References

Sensory profile. (n.d.). Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. Retrieved May 2, 2024, from https://www.sralab.org/rehabilitation-measures/sensory-profile