Teaching · Special Education

What this student seeks, what they avoid, and what helps.

Mark each sense as sought, typical or avoided, note the hardest moments of the day and track the supports you try. The summary pairs each sense with ideas to try and keeps a record of what is helping and what was stopped.

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The sensory inventory

One inventory per student, updated as supports are tried. Use initials or a code, never a name. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Special Education$19 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
For each student, a seek-and-avoid profile across six senses, the hardest moments, a supports table with status, and a summary of ideas to try and supports to keep.
Who it is for
Special education and general education teachers and paraprofessionals, working with the school’s occupational therapist and the family.
Format
Browser inventory with a supports table. Several saved records; printed with the summary or as a blank form for the family; CSV with one row per inventory; export and import a file.
Access
$19 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Special Education toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Special Education space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
Drawn for this page. The same cafeteria can be fine for one student and too loud for another. The inventory records what this student seeks and avoids.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with the student’s initials or a code.
  2. Mark each sense as seeks, about like peers, avoids or not sure, and describe what you see.
  3. Mark the hardest moments of the day and what has already helped.
  4. Add one or two supports to try, with when and where.
  5. Update each support’s status as you learn whether it helps.

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What the inventory is for

Seeking and avoiding

Students differ in how they respond to sound, light, touch, movement, pressure and taste. Some seek more of a sensation; some avoid it; many do both in different senses. Recording which, and when, helps the team change the setting and the task before a hard moment comes.

Judge supports by results

Reviews of sensory-based interventions find mixed and limited evidence for many of them, so the inventory treats each support as something to try and check: one or two at a time, with a clear sign of whether it helps, kept only if it does. Changes to the setting, such as headphones or a different seat, are often the simplest place to start.

Two titles, one inventory

The catalog listed a sensory preferences inventory and a sensory support accommodation organizer. The supports follow from the profile, so one page holds both. The inventory records observations; an occupational therapist evaluates sensory processing. Records use a code, never a name, and stay in this browser.

Sources

  1. Dunn, W. (1997). The impact of sensory processing abilities on the daily lives of young children and their families: A conceptual model. Infants and Young Children, 9(4), 23–35.
  2. Case-Smith, J., Weaver, L. L., & Fristad, M. A. (2015). A systematic review of sensory processing interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders. Autism, 19(2), 133–148.
  3. American Occupational Therapy Association. Resources on occupational therapy in schools and sensory integration (aota.org).
  4. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, 34 CFR 300.34(c)(6) (occupational therapy as a related service) and 300.42 (supplementary aids and services).
  5. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 34 CFR Part 99.

The example student is made up. The inventory records what adults observe; it does not diagnose or replace an occupational therapy evaluation. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.