Assessment

Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests (SIPT)

~2 Hours to Administer
Special Training to Administer
~$2,535 Approximate Cost
External Assessment

Practice Settings

Outpatient Clinics
Schools (K-12)

Practice Populations

Pediatrics

What It Measures

The SIPT is the most detailed assessment of sensory integration and praxis available, and the one Ayres's theory was built on. Seventeen separate tests examine how a child takes in information through touch, movement, and vision, and how well they can plan and carry out movement with it.

Tests cover visual and visuospatial perception, tactile discrimination and localization, kinesthesia, following verbal instructions, imitating body and mouth positions, sequencing movements, balance and bilateral coordination, and post-rotary nystagmus as an index of vestibular processing. Any combination can be given rather than the full battery. Scores are computer generated and compared against norms from over 2,000 children aged 4 through 8 years 11 months.

Further Reading

Additional Notes

Licensing Notes: Specialized training in sensory integration theory and SIPT administration is required. Scoring is done through the SIPT CD, sold separately, with scoring credits consumed per report. Reproduction requires publisher permission.

Learn More: Training is offered through USC in continuing education format. Anyone planning to use the SIPT should check the current certification pathway rather than assume the historic USC/WPS route.

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