[Digital] Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile® Screening Assessment

YOUNG ADULTS & ADULTS
Infant, Toddler & Child Sensory Profile available - see BounceOT Shop

Please note: additional assessment time (e.g. F2F observations at home or in the community) and/or developing a tailored 'Sensory Diet' will be charged as extra - contact us to confirm prices

Sensory processing (sometimes referred to as Sensory Integration) refers to the way the nervous system receives, processes and modulates sensory information. Simply put, this means how we experience, interpret and react to (or ignore) information coming from our senses. Sensory processing is important in all the things that we need to do daily, such as getting dressed, eating, moving around, socialising, learning and working (Sensory Integration Education, 2024)[1].

[1] www.sensoryintegrationeducation.com/pages/what-is-si

The Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile® (Dunn, 2014)[1] is a measure of an individual's responses to sensory events in daily life. The individual completes a Self-Questionnaire assessing the frequency of their responses to certain sensory processing and activity level events as described in 60 items. (If the individual is unable to personally complete the Self Questionnaire, another individual may complete it by recording the examinee's responses on the Self Questionnaire.) We know from research that the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile can help identify an individual's sensory processing patterns; the results can then be used to consider how these patterns might be contributing to or creating barriers to performance in daily life.

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

Note:
The term ‘Sensory Processing Disorder’ is not recognised as an independent diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (American Psychiatric Association 2013)[1] and should be avoided. Sensory differences are, however, listed as symptoms of other disorders including autism.

[1] American Psychiatric Association (2013) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 5th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association Publishing.