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8) DISTRACTIBILITY / PERCEPTIVENESS:
Does this child notice details such as people, colors, noises, objects around them and get distracted by other things that have caught his /
her attention?

1 2 3 4 5

Child stays on task, Very perceptive,
can walk by external notices details, gets
stimulus without caught in pursuing
becoming involved, interesting side
remembers and activities, forgets
completes multiple multiple instructions
directions easily

9) SENSORY THRESHOLD / SENSITIVITY:

How does this child respond to slight noises, differences in temperature, emotions, taste, textures, smells, etc.? Does he / she react to
scratchy clothing, irritating noises, your stress?

1 2 3 4 5
Child is not Very sensitive to
particularly sensitive, taste, light, sounds
can sleep through clothing textures,
noises, eats your stress, picky
anything, wears eater reacts strongly
anything does not to the way things
notice smells, feel
appears unaware of
your stress

To score this scale:
1) Add up the scores for this child. Use Mary Sheedy Kucinka’s outcome scores:

 9 – 18 = COOL KID / EASY CHILD

 19 – 28 = SPUNKY KID / MODERATE
 29 – 45 = SPIRITED KID / DIFFICULT CHILD

This scale was adapted from the material published by Thomas and Chess and material published by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka.

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