SPM-2 Sensory Processing Measure Preschool Print Quick Tips

The SPM-2 (Sensory Processing Measure – 2nd Edition) is an instrument designed for the assessment of sensory integration and processing difficulties in children and individuals across multiple environments and an expanded age range. It helps clarify sensory processing deficits that are not immediately visible by providing detailed behavior ratings. This tool provides professional teams with a framework that facilitates comprehensive sensory processing evaluation and allows them to tailor interventions and supports based on environment-specific challenges.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive Sensory Assessment: Offers a complete picture of sensory integration and processing difficulties across home, school, and community environments.

• Expanded Age Range: Includes new forms, such as driving forms, to assess a wider population.

• Actionable Insights: Quick Tips provide item-level intervention strategies for targeted support.

• Widely Acclaimed: Builds on the success of the original Sensory Processing Measure family with improved tools.

Key Features:

• Multi-Environment Rating Scales: Behavior ratings from various settings highlight sensory processing issues in context.

• Broadened Forms: Includes new forms to capture sensory processing in driving and adolescent/adult contexts.

• User-Friendly Intervention Guides: Quick Tips support practical, immediate intervention planning.

• Expanded Age Coverage: Ensures no individual is excluded due to age limitations.

Applications:

• Assess sensory processing difficulties in home, school, and community environments

• Guide development of sensory integration intervention programs

• Support educators, therapists, and caregivers with actionable sensory insights

• Track sensory processing challenges across different daily life settings