Infants and toddlers acquire information about the world from their senses. When this process occurs as expected, children learn; when young children have disabilities, the process can be disrupted. This preliminary report outlines the initial phase of measurement development for the Infant-Toddler Sensory Profile, a caregiver questionnaire in which parents report the frequency with which their children engage in particular behaviors indicative of sensory responsiveness. In future phases, researchers will conduct a national standardization of the profile, and validation studies.
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