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Fundamental Abilities Survey (FAS): A Complete Development Picture
The Fundamental Abilities Survey helps us understand your child’s development by measuring 13 key behavioral and cognitive areas of childhood development. Based on the trusted Five-to-Fifteen parent rating scale (which includes 148 questions), this comprehensive assessment looks at:
Gross and fine
motor skills
Sensory processing abilities
Social and emotional development and skills
Attention and impulse control
Language and communication skills
This detailed evaluation helps our therapists to:
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Create customized intervention plans unique to your child’s needs
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Track and measure their progress over time
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Adjust and tailor our intervention plans for optimal results according to where your child is at or how much they’ve progressed
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Identify the main areas where your child excels
Physical and sensory skills are crucial building blocks for your child’s cognitive development. Our Baseline Skills Assessment helps us understand these fundamental abilities and create a targeted plan for growth.
What We Assess
Balance: How well your child maintains stability
Body Coordination: Overall physical control and movement
Hand-Eye Coordination: Visual processing and motor responses
Fine Motor Skills: Finger and hand flexibility and dexterity
Left-Right Brain Coordination: Cross-body movements and coordination
Core Strength: Physical stability and muscle group control
Why This Matters
Understanding these foundational skills and your child’s starting points helps us to:
Create personalized development plans
Set achievable milestones
Use your child’s progress as a reference point for future evaluations
Build on your child’s confidence through their successes
CARS-2 (Childhood Autism Rating Scale, Second Edition)
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For children aged 2 and above, CARS-2 helps us understand:
Communication patterns and abilities
Social interaction styles
Emotional responses
Adaptability to change
This comprehensive tool helps distinguish autism spectrum disorder (ASD) characteristics from other developmental patterns, allowing us to create more targeted, individualized, and effective intervention strategies.
SNAP Assessment (Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham)
The SNAP-IV scale helps us understand attention-related challenges in your child by looking at the following:
Attention and inattention patterns
Activity levels, including hyperactivity
Impulse control
Your child’s behavior across different settings
This evaluation is especially valuable for identifying specific challenges related to ADHD, through which we can guide effective interventions to support your child’s unique academic, social, and emotional development.