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What the score means: When a child has scores
out of the typical range for BOTH Sensory Sensitivity and Sensation Avoiding,
then it is appropriate to think about the child’s Low Threshold responses.
For families, it is easier to understand the range of responses that might
occur within a Low Threshold response pattern, i.e., sometimes being distractible
and bothered (due to Sensory Sensitivity) and sometimes withdrawing because
of being overwhelmed (due to Sensation Avoiding), rather than trying to consider
these as discreet responses