SPM-P: Sensory Processing Measure – Preschool [FORMS ONLY]

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NB: SUPERSEDED BY: SPM-2

Publication Year: 2012
Age Range: 2 to 5 years (for 5 year olds, either SPM or SPM-P can be used depending on the child’s abilities)
Administration: 15 to 20 minutes each for Home Form and School Form
Qualification Code: B – Click HERE for more details.

Now you can identify sensory processing difficulties in children as young as 2 years of age. The new Preschool edition of the popular Sensory Processing Measure lets you take an early look at overall sensory functioning as well as specific vulnerabilities that can affect learning.

8 Functional Areas

Appropriate for 2- to 5-year-olds, the SPM-P measures the same functions as the SPM:

  • Social Participation
  • Vision
  • Hearing
  • Touch
  • Body Awareness
  • Balance and Motion
  • Planning and Ideas
  • Total Sensory Systems

Within each sensory system, the SPM-P items also reveal specific problems, including under- and over-responsiveness, sensory-seeking behaviour, and perceptual problems. In addition, the items provide information on the senses of taste and smell.

Direct Comparison of Sensory Functioning at Home and Preschool

The SPM-P includes both a Home Form, completed by the parent, and a School Form, completed by the preschool teacher or care provider. Each form is composed of 75 items that are rated according to frequency of easily observable behaviours. Used together, the two forms provide a comprehensive overview of sensory processing, and they allow you to quickly compare the child’s functioning across settings.

Norm-Referenced Standard Scores

The test generates a T-score for each SPM-P scale and characterises the child’s status in descriptive terms as well (Typical, Some Problems or Definite Dysfunction). An Environment Difference score alerts you to discrepancies in sensory functioning between home and preschool setting.

Norms for both the Home and School Forms are based on a representative US sample of 651 typically developing 2- to 5-year-olds. They are age-stratified to control for developmental differences between younger and older children. Data from a separate group of 242 youngsters – all receiving occupational therapy intervention – demonstrate that SPM-P scales, and items, can differentiate typical children from those with clinical disorders, including autism.

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SPM-P: Complete Kit, SPM-P: Home AutoScore forms, pack of 25, SPM-P: School AutoScore Form Booklets (Pack of 25)