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Less than others

What the score means: When a child gets a ‘less than others’ score, it means that the child does the group of behaviors less than other children in the same age group. Children typically respond more often to stimuli in their environment.

Since all the cut scores on the Sensory Profile are based on the normal bell curve, ‘definitely less than others’ score means that the child responds less than about 98% of peers, and the ‘probably less than others’ score means that the child responds less than about 84% of peers.