The SPM Comprehensive Kit includes:
• Manual
• Home Auto Score Forms(25)
• Main Classroom Auto Score Forms(25)
• School Environments Form CD
The SPM School Kit includes:
• Manual
• Main Classroom Auto Score Forms(25)
• School Environments Form CD
The SPM Home Kit includes:
• Manual
• Home Auto Score Forms (25)
(SPM) Sensory Processing Measure
Home Form: Cheryl Ecker / L. Diane Parham
Main Classroom/School/ Environments Forms:Heather M. Kuhaneck / Diana A. Henry/ Tara J. Glennon
With the Sensory Processing Measure (SPM), you can now get a complete picture of children's sensory functioning at home, at school, and in the community. Recognizing that sensory processing problems often manifest differently in different environments, this set of three integrated rating scales assesses sensory processing, praxis, and social participation in elementary school children. The assessment's unique multi environment approach lets you see, for example, why a child who functions well in a highly structured classroom may have problems in a more relaxed setting.
Grounded in sensory integration theory, the SPM provides norm-referenced standard scores for two higher level integrative functions, praxis (planning and ideas) and social participation, and five sensory systems: visual, auditor)', tactile, proprioceptive (body awareness), and vestibular functioning (balance and motion).
The SPM consists of three forms:
• Home Form: (75 items) is completed by the child's parent or home-based care provider.
• Main Classroom Form: (62 items) is filled out by the child's primary classroom teacher
• School Environments Form: (10 to 15 items per environment) is completed by other school personnel who work with and observe the child.
The Home and Main Classroom Forms yield eight parallel standard scores: Social Participation, Vision, Hearing, Touch, Body Awareness (proprioception), Balance and Motion (vestibular function), Planning and Ideas (praxis), and Total Sensory Systems. Scores for each scale fall into one of three interpretive ranges: Typical, Some Problems, or Definite Dysfunction. In addition, for the first time, an Environment Difference score permits direct comparison of the child's sensory functioning at home and at school. While the scales on the Home and Main Classroom Forms are identical, the iilems themselves are specific to each environment. Individual item responses reveal how sensory difficulties manifest in these two different settings.
The School Environments Form, provided on an unlimited-use CD, lets you look at the child's functioning in six school environments outside of the main classroom: Art Class, Music Class, Physical Education Class, Recess/Playground, Cafeteria, and School Bus. Each environment has its own Rating Sheet, which can be printed and distributed to raters as needed. Each rater can complete his or her 15-item Rating Sheet (10 items for the School Bus setting) in less than 5 minutes. Each Rating Sheet is interpreted using a cutoff score for the environment to which it applies. Scores at or above the cutoff point indicate that the child is experiencing an unusually high number of sensory processing problems in a given environment. Whether you use one or all six Rating Sheets, the School Environments Form must always be administered in conjunction with the Main Classroom Form; it cannot be used alone.
Ages: 5 through 12 years
Administration: 15 - 20 minutes
Preschool 2
