Sensory Profile Assessments for Children & Adolescents
Sometimes Behavior Is Communicating a Need.
Children and adolescents often express sensory needs through behavior — long before they have the language to explain what they are experiencing.
Openness With Therapy provides comprehensive sensory profile assessments for children and adolescents. When a child's behavior feels confusing or hard to reach, understanding how they process sensory information can offer another piece of the picture.
You Are Not Alone
Does This Sound Familiar?
These are some of the ways sensory processing differences can show up in children and adolescents — often expressed through behavior rather than words.
A Broader Picture
Looking Beyond the Behavior
Behavior is communication. When children and adolescents struggle to regulate, avoid certain environments, or react in ways that feel disproportionate, there is often something meaningful underneath — and sensory processing is one important lens for understanding it.
A sensory profile assessment does not replace other evaluations or explain everything. It adds a layer of understanding that can help parents, caregivers, and professionals respond more effectively — and help children and adolescents feel more understood.
Sensory processing differences do not cause behavioral or mental health conditions. However, unaddressed sensory needs can contribute to stress, dysregulation, and difficulty functioning in everyday environments.
Who This Assessment Serves
Understanding Across Roles
Parents & Caregivers
If you have noticed patterns in your child's behavior that feel hard to explain — meltdowns in certain environments, strong reactions to clothing or food textures, difficulty with transitions — a sensory profile assessment can help you understand what your child may be experiencing. The results provide language, context, and practical strategies you can use at home and share with your child's school or treatment team.
Adolescents
Adolescents are often aware that they experience the world differently — but may not have a framework for understanding why. A sensory profile assessment offers a non-judgmental, strengths-based way to explore how you process sensory input and how that shapes your experience at school, with friends, and at home. Understanding your sensory profile is not about labeling yourself — it is about knowing yourself better.
Professionals
For therapists, educators, occupational therapists, and other professionals working with children and adolescents, a sensory profile assessment can provide standardized data that complements clinical observations and informs intervention planning. Results are delivered in a written report suitable for inclusion in treatment plans, IEP documentation, or multidisciplinary team discussions.
What to Expect
How the Assessment Works
Submit a Booking Request
Use the appointments page to request a child or adolescent sensory assessment. We will confirm your appointment and send intake information.
Complete the Sensory Profile Questionnaire
Depending on the child's age, the assessment uses a caregiver-report, self-report, or combined format. All questionnaires are standardized and evidence-based.
Clinical Scoring and Interpretation
Responses are scored and interpreted by a trained clinician who specializes in sensory processing across the lifespan.
Results Review Session
We meet to review the results together. You will receive a clear explanation of the sensory profile and what it means for your child's daily life and environment.
Written Report and Recommendations
You receive a written report summarizing the sensory profile along with practical, tailored recommendations for home, school, and therapeutic settings.
Investment
Assessment Fee
- Age-appropriate standardized Sensory Profile questionnaire
- Clinical scoring and interpretation
- Results review session (telehealth)
- Written report with tailored recommendations
Telehealth only. Currently serving Maryland clients.
Optional Add-On
Add the Teacher's Perspective
Children may respond differently to sensory experiences at home and at school. You can add the School Companion Sensory Profile 2 Teacher Questionnaire to your child's Full Sensory Profile Clinical Assessment for an additional perspective on their school day.
- A teacher completes a questionnaire about your child's sensory responses at school.
- The teacher's results are reviewed alongside the caregiver's assessment results.
- School observations are incorporated into the full assessment discussion and report.
Available as an add-on to the Full Sensory Profile Clinical Assessment for children ages 3 through 14 years, 11 months. Parent or guardian authorization and teacher participation are required. The $250 add-on is in addition to the full assessment fee.
Not Sure Where to Start?
Child Sensory Screening
Does your child struggle with loud places, certain clothing, busy environments, or everyday routines? A brief sensory screening can offer a starting point for understanding what you're noticing.
The Short Sensory Profile 2 is a caregiver questionnaire for children ages 3 through 14 years, 11 months. It looks at patterns in how a child responds to sensory experiences in daily life.
What does the screening include?
- A caregiver-completed questionnaire
- Professional scoring and review of the results
- A conversation about your child's everyday experiences and possible next steps
Screening or full assessment?
The short form provides a quick overview. If you need a more detailed understanding of your child's sensory patterns and an individualized plan, ask about the full Sensory Profile Clinical Assessment.
$250
Child Sensory Screening
This screening does not, by itself, provide a diagnosis. Services are available to families in Maryland.
Ask About Child Sensory Screening
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Ready to Learn More About Your Child's Sensory Profile?
Understanding how a child processes sensory information can open new doors for connection, support, and growth. Request an assessment today.