By Paige M. Siper, PH.D & Teresa Tavassoli, PH,D
Purpose: Directly examines sensory hyperreactivity, hyporeactivity, and seeking behaviors (i.e. unusual sensory interests) across visual, tactile, and auditory modalities
Age: 2-12 yrs
Time: 20 minutes for interview and observation
Qualification Level: C
Well-researched, evidence-based instrument accurately identifies presence of clinically significant sensory symptoms commonly observed in children with autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders.
- Useful in comprehensive ASD diagnostic process
- Aids in treatment planning to target specific symptoms
- Useful for the evaluation of response to interventions
- Quantitative measure for research purposes
- Observation and Interview together increases scope of symptom evaluation compared with one source alone
- Multiple scoring options, including cutoff scores for each scale, along with probabilities, and ability to adjust cutoff criteria based on the purpose of the assessment (e.g., diagnostic vs. screening)
Features
- First clinician-administered observational assessment and corresponding caregiver interview for quantifying sensory symptoms
- Directly examines sensory hyperreactivity, hyporeactivity, and seeking behaviors (i.e. unusual sensory interests) across visual, tactile, and auditory modalities
- Keeping with gold-standard autism assessment practices, combines a clinical observation with caregiver interview
- Not dependent on verbal ability—appropriate for use in profoundly affected populations
- Low cost and low burden tool that can be used by clinicians across a variety of disciplines.
Get a complete summary of sensory symptoms and preferences
VISUAL | TACTILE | AUDITORY | |
HYPERREACTIVITY | Visual Hyperreactivity | Tactile Hyperreactivity | Auditory Hyperreactivity |
HYPOREACTIVITY | Visual Hyporeactivity | Tactile Hyporeactivity | Auditory Hyporeactivity |
SEEKING | Visual Seeking | Tactile Seeking | Auditory Seeking |