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Comparison of Sensory Profile and SensOR scores of children with and without Autism . Sarah Dobbs MSOT/S 12. Background Literature. Autism Spectrum Disorders DSM IV criteria: issues in social interaction, communication, and repeated behaviors Sensory issues are NOT part of criteria
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Comparison of Sensory Profile and SensOR scores of children with and without Autism Sarah Dobbs MSOT/S 12
Background Literature • Autism Spectrum Disorders • DSM IV criteria: issues in social interaction, communication, and repeated behaviors • Sensory issues are NOT part of criteria • 30%-100% of children with ASD have sensory-perceptual abnormalities of some sort Watling, 2001
Sensory Issues • Sensory Processing Disorder-sensory system does not regulate information with correct responses • Sensory Modulation Disorder-difficulty responding to sensory input with behavior that is graded relative to the degree, nature, or intensity of the sensory information. • hyposensitiviesand hypersensitivies Miller (2007)
Sensory relation to OT • Sensory processing can influence developmental milestones as well as behavior. This can impact areas of • ADLs • IADLs • Work • Leisure
Sensory Assessments in OT • Sensory processing is often gathered by OT’s to initiate a baseline to help determine • Effective sensory treatment • Sensory appropriate goal setting • Relations to children’s occupations based on sensory processing information
Sensory Assessments: Sensory Profile • Developed by Dunn in 1999 • 125 item questionnaire • Describes responses to sensory events and potential processing problems (1-5 pt scale) • Eight categories • Standardized • Uses Dunn’s sensory quadrants
Sensory Assessments: SensOR • Developed in 2008 • Based on objective data • 7 sensory domains • 11 scoring options
Problem Statement • A child’s sensory baseline information is gathered by a caregiver or teacher in the form of a questionnaires of current standard practice. • The problem is they are not observational measures. • Shift in sensory assessment towards objective data needs to occur.
Problem Statement • The purpose of this study is to determine if caregiver or teacher perspectives of a child sensory system are adequate by the comparison of the Sensory Profile of a child to the same child’s score on the clinically observable SensOR Inventory Assessment.
Hypothesis • Although the Sensory Profile has been ruled to be reliable and valid, for the purposes of this study I predict that there will be discrepancies between the data gathered by the Sensory Profile verses data from the SensOR.
Target Population • 50 children with and without ASD • Clayton Academy • Attempt to control for age/gender
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