• Where appropriate the child or young person should be supported to complete a sensory checklist themselves.
• Staff should complete observations with a sensory focus
• Setting staff and parents should then complete a ‘sensory checklist’
• The checklists should be updated regularly to reflect changing needs
• SENCo and class teacher/ TA/ key worker should then analyse checklists along with the observations to see which sensory experiences they seems to be currently seeking and which they are currently aversive to.
• SENCo and class teacher/ TA/ key worker to use this information, to produce a sensory profile (below) with key strategies to meet their sensory needs.

See guidance above