Infants:

 

• Arches back when held or pulls away

• Overly sensitive to sound

• Overly sensitive to light

• Frightened or cries when moved quickly

• Becomes upset in a baby swing

• Car rides are not calming

• Feeding problems

• Fussy

• Lack of intense eye contact at 4-10 months, and lack of rich interest in socializing

• Uneven or asymmetrical crawling pattern

• Floppy 

• History of adoption if infant/child is post institutionalized, neglected, or abused

• Alcohol use by biological mother during pregnancy

Toddlers:

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• More active than a typically active toddler

• Difficulty with sleep patterns

• Aggressive

• Does not adjust posture to you when picked up and/or feels heavier than expected

• Sits with legs out to sides in a "W" position

• Fights having clothing or diaper changed (more than a typical toddler)

• Dislikes lying on back or tilting head back to have hair rinsed

• Does not enjoy bathing

• Has difficulty playing with toys

• Avoids or has decreased eye contact

• Does not reference where you are pointing

• Does not imitate waving bye, bye, so-big, or clapping

• Lacks simple early pretend skills such as talking on a play cell phone

• Has difficulty chewing, gagging, or pocketing of food

• Does not enjoy cuddling

• Easily startled 

• Delayed speech

• Difficulty shifting focus from one activity to another

• Delayed development of motor skills

Pre-School:

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• Biting, hitting, or expulsion from pre-school or child care

• Overly sensitive or overly reactive to touch, noise, smell, etc.

• Difficulty or avoidance of leaning to do fasteners, cut with scissors, do art/craft projects

• Does not have a mature pencil grip

• Intense or has difficulty modulating behavior

• Problem feeder (less than 20 foods)

• Mouths objects

• Constant touching of objects or people

• Has problems with sitting and listening to a children's book being read

• In constant motion

• Clumsy or uncoordinated

• Has problems making friends

• Problems with transitions

• Speech is hard to understand

• Difficulty understanding verbal directions if not part of typical routine/unfamiliar environment

• Delayed in toilet training

• Difficulty with tolerating self-care such as haircuts, nail cutting, teeth brushing, bathing, etc.

School Age:
 

• Overly sensitive to stimulation or does not like noise, sound, smells, etc.

• Distracted in the classroom or restless, out of seat

• Overwhelmed in the playground

• Slow to complete tasks in school and/or home

• Difficulty with or avoids handwriting

• Clumsy and/or slouches in chair

• Slow to learn new activities

• In constant motion

• Sedentary

• Avoids gross motor activity most children find pleasurable (climbing, swinging, etc.)

• Craves rough housing, wrestling or tackling games

• Able to hold behavior together in school, but has outbursts when he/she comes home

• Has problems with making or keeping friends

• Gets stuck on tasks and has difficulty moving to a new task

• Cannot seem to organize supplies and materials

• Does not seem to know how to get started on tasks

• Confuses similar sounding words, misinterprets questions or requests

• Stumbles over words, speech lacks fluency, rhythm is hesitant or pitch of voice is unusual

• Easily frustrated

• Noise making behavior

• Problems with school performance such as reading, math

Adolescent/Adult:

 

• Difficulty with adaptability to change

• Difficulty remaining focused in a meeting or class (should be able to do a full day with breaks)

• Sensitive to touch of clothing, own hair, grooming, or others touch

• Sensitive/irritable to noise

• Fearful of driving over bridges or around curves in a road, panic attacks

• Difficulty following a conversation or extra clarification needed for verbal directions

• Difficulty expressing self clearly 

• Uses too much force

• Difficulty remaining focused on work

• Difficulty learning new motor tasks, sequencing 

• Needs physical activity to maintain focus throughout the day

• Difficulty reading

• Bumping into objects or others, bruises which cannot be recalled how they occurred 

• Speech lacks fluency, stumbles over words

• Difficulty with losing objects

• Organizing is difficult, or obsessively organized to make up for organization problems