Sensory profiling helps us understand how a person responds to everyday sights, sounds, textures, movement and other sensory experiences.
Our Occupational Therapists use this insight to develop practical strategies that support comfort, emotional regulation, independence and participation in daily life.
Sensory profiling is the process of understanding how a person responds to everyday sights, sounds, textures and movement.
A sensory profile assessment gives you a clearer picture of these responses so life can feel safer, calmer and more predictable. It can help reduce stress, improve comfort and support confident participation in daily activities.
Our Occupational Therapists use sensory profiling to understand how you react to your environment. This insight helps us create practical strategies that support emotional regulation, independence and overall wellbeing.
A sensory processing assessment can be particularly valuable for children, teenagers and adults living with sensory, neurological or mental health challenges.
Learn more about sensory profiling and how Occupational Therapy can support people across home, school, work and community settings.
Sensory profiling is commonly accessed by people living with neurological conditions, including autism, as well as people experiencing mental health challenges.
Sensory profiling identifies patterns that may contribute to barriers or affect performance in daily life.
For example, someone may experience fatigue or discomfort in a busy room and then feel relief when they enter a quiet, isolated space.
The assessment considers all relevant environments, including home, work, school, university, transport and the wider community.
An Occupational Therapist can attend the places of concern where appropriate, helping the person establish practical strategies for those settings.
A sensory profile assessment can be helpful when sensory experiences affect comfort, behaviour or daily routines.
A sensory profile assessment is a practical way to understand these patterns and create strategies that support safety, comfort and independence.
A clinician will visit your home or another relevant location at a mutually suitable time.
We ask a series of questions that explore a person’s sensory profiling patterns.
Examples of questions in the Sensory Profile assessment may include:
Total Health Choice is a mobile healthcare provider across South East Melbourne, Victoria.
We visit people in their homes. For sensory profiling, sessions may also occur out in the community where that environment is relevant to the person’s sensory needs and goals.
Our services can be accessed by NDIS participants who are self-managed or plan-managed.
Please contact us if you are not an NDIS participant and would like to enquire about this service.
A sensory profile assessment helps you understand how sensory experiences shape comfort, behaviour and daily participation.
Our Occupational Therapy sensory assessment provides clear insight and practical strategies that can make life easier.
A sensory profile assessment can be a practical step towards greater comfort, confidence and independence.
Sensory processing challenges can affect people in different ways. Common patterns may include:
These patterns can appear in many ways, from sensitivity to certain textures or sounds through to difficulty with balance or body awareness.
Our mobile service helps us observe sensory patterns in real-life contexts.
Total Health Choice delivers compassionate support backed by more than 14 years of experience.
With more than 50 allied health professionals and over 200 five-star reviews, we are an experienced provider of Occupational Therapy sensory assessment across Melbourne.
Our care is trauma-informed, respectful and focused on clear communication. Families and support teams rely on us for assessments that are thorough, practical and easy to use.
Our goal is to help every client feel safe, understood and confident in their daily environments.
We care deeply about the people we support and see your goals as our goals.
To book sensory profiling, please use our contact or referrals page to get in touch.
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You receive a clear written report that explains sensory patterns, triggers and strengths in practical terms.
Your Occupational Therapist talks you through the results so you understand what they mean for everyday life.
You also receive personalised recommendations. These may include adjustments to routines, calming strategies or environmental changes linked to supports such as home modifications or bathroom modifications that improve comfort and safety.
We can then work with you, your family and your support coordinator to create a practical plan. This may involve ongoing therapy, skill-building or guidance for home, school, work or community environments.
Our aim is to help you feel calm, confident and in control of your daily environments.
A sensory profile assessment looks at how you respond to the five primary senses: vision, hearing, smell, taste and touch.
It can also explore other sensory systems such as proprioception, which helps you understand your position in space, and nociception, which relates to pain.
Your Occupational Therapist focuses on how these senses influence comfort, behaviour and daily participation.
No. A sensory processing assessment does not expose you to overwhelming or distressing situations.
The goal is to understand areas of hypersensitivity or reduced sensitivity through safe observation, conversation and validated tools.
Your therapist then develops strategies to help you feel more comfortable and confident in daily environments.
Recommendations depend on your individual sensory profile.
Your Occupational Therapist may suggest calming strategies, environmental adjustments or simple tools such as tinted glasses or noise-cancelling headphones.
Where helpful, they may also recommend supports linked to home modifications or bathroom modifications that improve comfort and safety.
A sensory assessment helps you understand why particular environments may feel stressful or calming.
This insight can support better emotional regulation, smoother routines and improved participation at home, work or in the community.
It can also help care teams create environments that reduce overwhelm and increase independence.
All assessments are completed by university-trained Occupational Therapists with advanced skills in Occupational Therapy sensory assessment.
Our team uses standardised tools and trauma-informed practice to support accuracy and safety.
Most sessions take between one and two hours.
Your therapist may also observe daily routines or environmental factors to build a more complete understanding of sensory needs.
You receive a written report outlining sensory patterns, triggers and strengths.
Your therapist explains the findings in practical language and provides recommendations that may include ongoing therapy, environmental adjustments or strategies linked to daily routines.
We can collaborate with families, support workers and coordinators to support consistent follow-through.
Yes. A sensory profile assessment can provide supporting evidence for NDIS plan reviews, goal setting and functional reports.
The insights can help shape strategies that support independence, participation and emotional regulation.
Our approach includes a full functional assessment, standardised sensory tools, observational assessment and collaboration with the person’s support network.
We analyse the available information carefully and provide a feedback session that explains the sensory profile in clear, practical language.
Our goal is to help people feel understood, supported and confident in everyday environments.
Speak with Total Health Choice about a sensory profile assessment and practical strategies tailored to home, school, work and community life.
