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Our respected tools include sensory, motor, development, and other assessments for occupational therapists. These well-validated instruments can be used to help develop insights that support your evaluations and shape your treatment plans.

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Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile®

The Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile is a self-questionnaire that helps you understand sensory processing patterns and effects on functional performance.

Sensory

BASC™-2 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BASC-2 BESS)

The BASC-2 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BASC-2 BESS) screeners identify students at risk for behavior and emotional problems.

Social-Emotional/ Behavior

BASC™-2 Progress Monitor

Use the BASC™-2 Progress Monitor to easily monitor progress after behavioral interventions. Covers externalizing and ADHD Problems, Internalizing Problems, Social Withdrawal and Adaptive Skills.

Social-Emotional/ Behavior

Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration, 6th Edition (BEERY™ VMI), The

The Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (BEERY VMI), helps assess visual-motor skills in children and adults.

Motor/Visual,Development

Benton Visual Retention Test,® Fifth Edition

The Benton Visual Retention Test is an assessment of visual perception, memory, and visuo-constructive abilities. Reading disabilities, nonverbal learning disabilities, traumatic brain injury, Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD), Alzheimer's, dementia.

Motor/Visual

Brief Infant Toddler Social Emotional Assessment (BITSEA)

The Brief Infant Toddler Social Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) helps identify red-flag indicators of atypical behavior in only 10 minutes.

Social-Emotional/ Behavior

Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, Second Edition (BOT-2)

The Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, Second Edition (BOT-2) delivers a most precise measure of motor skills, both gross and fine.

Motor/Visual,Development

Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, Second Edition (BOT-2) Brief Form

The BOT-2 (Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency) Brief Form is a quick motor skills assessment with minimal manipulatives for easier portability

Motor/Visual,Development

Carey Temperament Scales (CTS)

Use the Carey Temperament Scales (CTS) for insight into a child's temperament or behavioral style. 5 age-specific scales to examine 9 behavioral characteristics.

Children's Assessment of Participation and Enjoyment (CAPE) and Preferences for Activities of Children (PAC)

Children's Assessment of Participation and Enjoyment (CAPE) and Preferences for Activities of Children (PAC) helps measure various aspects of participation or engagement in activities.

Participation

DeGangi-Berk Test of Sensory Integration (TSI)

The DeGangi-Berk Test of Sensory Integration (TSI) helps detect even subtle developmental deficits that can lead to learning difficulties.

Sensory

Developmental Test of Visual Perception, Second Edition (DTVP–2)

Developmental Test of Visual Perception (DTVP) measures visual perception and visual-motor integration skills in children.

Motor/Visual

Dynamic Assessment of Test Accommodations™ (DATA)

Determine appropriate test accommodations based on empirical evidence using the new Dynamic Assessment of Test Accommodations™ (DATA). For individuals or groups of students with learning disabilities in grades 2 through 7, DATA can help multidisciplinary teams objectively determine appropriate test accommodations in order to meet IDEA reauthorization and ADA legislative requirements. Supplements Teacher Input Research findings indicate that DATA-derived decisions regarding accommodations are better predictors of enhanced student performance on standardized tests than teacher-based decisions alone.

Participation

Dysphagia Evaluation Protocol

Evaluate patients for swallowing problems in just 30 minutes. This kit includes a pocket-sized version of the evaluation in a flip book format for easy bedside administration. The protocol enables you to quickly evaluate the factors that may contribute to swallowing difficulties. It provides guidelines for conducting a feeding trial at bedside, and helps you know when to initiate, continue, or stop a swallowing evaluation. Results of the evaluation can help you determine whether a patient is appropriate for videofluoroscopy, and assist you in defining the variables and factors that need to be evaluated further through videofluoroscopy.

Ez Write™

Handwriting program that will help students bridge writing to reading

Handwriting

Gilliam Asperger's Disorder Scale (GADS)

The GADS helps evaluate children with unique behavioral problems who may have Asperger's Disorder and differentiate from those who have autism or other related pervasive developmental disabilities.

Development

Greenspan Social-Emotional Growth Chart

Greenspan Social-Emotional Growth Chart, a screening questionnaire for infants and young children.

Social-Emotional/ Behavior

Infant Toddler Social Emotional Assessment (ITSEA)

Intervention guidance for social-emotional and competency developmental delays in young children

Social-Emotional/ Behavior

Infant/Toddler Sensory Profile®

Provides a standard method for measuring an infant's sensory processing abilities. Helps therapist, early childhood teachers, and parents profile the effect of sensory processing on functional performance in the daily life of the infant. , Caregivers complete a judgment-based questionnaire, available in English or Spanish, reporting the frequency with which infants respond to various sensory experiences (Almost Always, Frequently, Occasionally, Seldom, or Almost Never. ), Provides validated and reliable scores as well as interpretation of results and case studies for your review.

Sensory

Infant/Toddler Symptom Checklist A Screening Tool for Parents

Use this symptom checklist to screen your 7 to 30-month-old clients for sensory and regulatory disorders. Determine whether a child may have a predisposition toward developing sensory integrative disorders, attention deficits, or emotional, behavioral, or learning difficulties in just 10 minutes.

Development

Miller Assessment for Preschoolers (MAP™)

The Miller Assessment for Preschoolers (MAP) helps you evaluate children for mild to moderate developmental delays.

Motor/Visual,Development

Miller Function & Participation Scales

Miller Function & Participation Scales help assess a child’s functional performance related to school participation.

Motor/Visual,Development,Participation

Minnesota Handwriting Assessment

Use the Minnesota Handwriting Assessment with first and second grade students to analyze handwriting skills, including standard manuscript and D'Nealian styles of print. Scores are based on 5 categories: legibility, form alignment, size and spacing.

Handwriting

Movement Assessment Battery for Children - Second Edition (Movement ABC-2)

The Movement Assessment Battery for Children (Movement ABC-2) can help identify problems or delays in motor development and assist in planning an intervention program.

Motor/Visual,Development

Oral-Motor Feeding Rating Scale

Track the progress of your 1-year-old through adult clients and get results in less than an hour. Use this excellent resource— For initial observations of skill levels, To re-evaluate previously observed skills, As a framework for developing your own therapy plan. You'll have easy-to-use recordkeeping forms that help you screen and categorize the many varieties of oral-motor movements and note specific patterns. As your client eats a typical meal, analyze lip/cheek movement, tongue movement, and jaw movement.

Motor/Visual

Peabody Developmental Motor Scales, Second Edition (PDMS–2)

The Peabody Developmental Motor Scales (PDMS–2) combine in-depth assessment with training or remediation of gross and fine motor skills.

Motor/Visual

Perceived Efficacy and Goal Setting System (PEGS)

Enable children to participate in goal setting with an innovative measure: Perceived Efficacy and Goal Setting System (PEGS)

Participation

Pervasive Developmental Disorders Screening Test-II (PDDST-II)

Pervasive Developmental Disorders Screening Test-II (PDDST-II) helps detect autism at an early age to begin intervention.

Development

Posture and Fine Motor Assessment of Infants

Use this early intervention assessment tool in a clinical or medical setting to determine if a 2- to 12-month-old child's motor skills are developmentally delayed. The assessment yields criterion-referenced scores and information that can be used to plan intervention and treatment programs. The results can also be used to document incremental progress over short time periods. The assessment is based on the dynamical systems theory and on the therapist's non-intrusive observation of the child's posture and fine motor abilities. The parent's presence during the evaluation is encouraged. The evaluation takes just 25 to 30 minutes.

Motor/Visual

School Function Assessment (SFA)

School Function Assessment (SFA) helps elementary school students with disabilities succeed by identifying their strengths and needs in important nonacademic functional tasks.

Participation

SenseAbilities Understanding Sensory Integration

SenseAbilities Understanding Sensory Integration: Educate parents and teachers of 5 to 12 year olds with this reproducible training resource.

Sensory

Sensory Profile

The Sensory Profile helps you understand a child's sensory processing patterns in everyday situations and profile the sensory system's effect on functional performance.

Sensory

Sensory Profile School Companion

The Sensory Profile School Companion is a standardized assessment using teacher observations of student sensory processing skills.

Sensory

Sensory Profile Select Scoring Assistant

Select Software that fits with your Profile

Sensory

Sensory Profile Supplement

Now Available – Quadrant Scores and Expanded Cut Scores for Easier Interpretation

Sensory

Shore Handwriting Screening: For Early Handwriting Development

Examine handwriting skills of children from preschool to third grade with Shore Handwriting Screening: For Early Handwriting Development.

Handwriting

Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS) - Performance Screening Guide

The SSIS Performance Screening Guide focuses on observable behaviors in four skill areas: Prosocial Behaviors, Motivation to Learn, Reading Skills, Math Skills.

Social-Emotional/ Behavior

Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS) Classwide Intervention Program

The Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS) Classwide Intervention Program helps provide interventions that focus on the top 10 social skills.

Social-Emotional/ Behavior

Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS) Intervention Guide

This guide is designed to help you plan and implement remediation strategies that are directly tied to problems identified by th SSIS Rating Scales.

Social-Emotional/ Behavior

Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS) Rating Scales

The Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS) Rating Scales help evaluate social skills, problem behaviors, and academic competence.

Social-Emotional/ Behavior

Spatial, Temporal, and Physical Analysis of Motor Control A Comprehensive Guide to Reflexes and Reactions

Practical information to analyze elements of involuntary movements and automatic reactions with the developing infant or the child who has central nervous system deficits. This resource provides both students and experienced practitioners with a comprehensive overview and historical perspective of the theories of motor control and introduces the Spatial, Temporal, and Physical Theory of Motor Control.

Motor/Visual

Test of Gross Motor Development, Second Edition (TGMD–2)

The Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD–2) helps identify infants and young children who may benefit from early intervention. Gross motor skill development, special education services, physical education

Motor/Visual,Development

The Infanib A Reliable Method for the Neuromotor Assessment of Infants

Determine the tone and posture of 4- to 18-month-old infants with this effective assessment tool. Use to evaluate infants who are born prematurely, treated in neonatal intensive care, affected by sickness such as meningitis and heart failure, or developing slowly. Improve your ability to assess infants with these well-researched techniques. You'll have scoring guidelines and a concise two-page assessment form to measure and score results. Keep your heavy caseload under control with computer-compatible forms.

Development

The T.I.M.E.® Toddler and Infant Motor Evaluation A Standardized Assessment

Assess quality of movement using this tool Lucy Jane Miller brings you the NDT- and SI-based assessment you've been waiting for. Now you can evaluate the overall quality of infant and toddler movement rather than isolated skills. Use this diagnostic assessment to measure changes in children, birth to 3 1/2 years old, who have atypical motor development. Obtain standard scores on five subtests and track change over time using individual growth scores. Test with confidence using this nationally standardized assessment. You'll have reliable and valid scores based on six years of comprehensive research. Consider the validity of parent-elicited play and naturalistic sequences of movement.

Motor/Visual,Development,Social-Emotional/ Behavior

Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Second Edition (Vineland-II)

Since the beginning, Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales has been a leading measure of personal and social skills needed for everyday living. Psychologists and other professionals continue to depend on it to identify individuals who have Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, developmental delays, autism spectrum disorders, and other impairments. Not only does Vineland aid in diagnosis, but it gives you valuable information for developing educational and treatment plans.

Development,Social-Emotional/ Behavior