38-item questionnaire completed by parents in which they indicate the frequency with which their children exhibit abnormal behaviors in response to sensory stimuli. The items regard sensitivity to touch, vision, hearing, taste and smell, movement, auditory, filtering, low energy, and sensation seeking. Low scores indicate sensory modulation dysfunction.

Short Sensory Profile (SSP)

A 125-item questionnaire following a Likert Scale (1 to 5; always to never) in which parents report the frequency that their child responds to items in eight categories: Auditory, Visual, Taste/Smell, Movement, Body Position, Touch, Activity Level, and Emotional/Social.

The Sensory Profile 

Direct observation of a child’s behavior by a trained, certified occupational or physical therapist. Takes approximately 2 hours. May not be valid for children with intellectual impairments.  

Sensory Integration and Praxis Test (SIPT) 

- the Sensory Profile (SP; Dunn, 1999)
- Short Sensory Profile (SSP; McIntosh, Miller, & Shyu, 1999) 
- Sensory Integration and Praxis Test (SIPT; Ayers, 1989)

Lawrence University

Sensory modulation is the ability to modulate or regulate responses to sensory stimuli; Responses to sensory stimuli are appropriate to the demands of daily life.

Sensory Modulation

McIntosh, D.N., Miller, L.J., Shyu, V., & Hagerman, R.J., (2007). Sensory-modulation disruption, electrodermal responses, and functional behaviors. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 41(9), 608-615. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1999.tb00664.x

Sensory-modulation disruption, electrodermal responses, and functional behaviors

Mailloux Z. (1990), An Overview of the Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests. American Journal of Occupational Therapy 44(7), 589–594.

An Overview of the Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests

- overresponsivity
- underresponsivity
- sensory craving

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