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Likes and Dislikes Checklist
Introduction
A checklist can be helpful when searching for initial likes and dislikes
for an individual with "emerging" communication skills. To use this list,
interview familiar partners or conduct some trials with the items. Circle
items that are liked, put an X through disliked items and leave blank
those that are unknown.
Auditory: This would include sounds you make (e.g.
reading, singing) or sounds you cause (e.g. sounds from a pet, environmental
sounds, etc.) Be careful about eliciting startle reflexes in individuals
with significant sensory-motor impairments.
· Voices: siblings, parents, friends; talking, reading a story, singing
a song
· Music: favorite songs (sung on tape or by family member), favorite
radio stations, favorite musical instruments, songs and music styles
that are hated
· Toys: sounds associated with favorite toys and unpleasant toys ·
Computer: sound effects with computer games, positive and negative
· Animal sounds: favorite pet, favorite farm animal or people imitating
animals
· Environmental: vehicles, car or bicycle horns, crowds, voices, baby
crying, doors slamming
Visual: This would include looking at objects (e.g. books, toys,
television or movies), watching people do funny or ordinary things, etc.
Again, be careful about eliciting startle reflexes from some individuals.
· Television: watching favorite shows or favorite characters, favorite
movies or characters in a movie, favorite advertisements.
· Movies: watching favorite shows or favorite characters, exceptional
advertisements for movies
· Computer screen: with moving colors and shapes, with characters that
move (with or without sound).
· Lights: spinning or blinking lights, Christmas lights, overhead lights
turned on and off
· Mirror: looking at self, watching movement reflected, mirrors that
distort
· Window to outdoors: watching trees in the wind, animals moving, etc.
· Bubbles: watching someone blow bubbles, watching them land, hitting
them
· Moving Toys: vehicles (with or without sound), mobile,
· Fish tank: with fish and with moving parts · Animals: household pets,
farm animals
· Faces: familiar and unfamiliar faces
Tactile: This can mean feeling objects, pets or people as well
as being touched (e.g. head rub, foot rub, back scratch).
· Temperature: hot or cold on the skin
· Blowing air: fan, hair dryer
· Textures: liquids, sand, beans, macaroni, dry oatmeal, popcorn, rice,
jello, foam, soft clay, finger paints, pudding, oil, Silly String, lotion,
bubbles, wet oatmeal, cotton, feathers, cotton towel, flannel cloth,
fur, sheep skin, nylon fabric, wool, carpet square, sand paper, paint
brush
· Rest surfaces: floor, carpet, tile, bed, mat
· Vibration: vibrator, massager
· Touch: stroking or massaging skin, combing hair, washing face, tickling,
rough housing
Taste or textures in the mouth: This includes eating or drinking
various foods or tasting instead of consuming (e.g. ice chips, oral swab
with flavor on it). Be careful about dietary and eating restrictions in
some individuals.
· Temperature: hot or cold items
· Tastes: sweet, sour, salty, spicy
· Textures: solids versus liquids, soft versus crunchy
· Foods: Consider favorite foods and disliked foods in all these categories:
· snacks: · vegetables: · fruits: · meat dishes: · dairy products: ·
drinks
Smells:
· Toiletry products: perfume, after shave, shaving cream, mouthwash,
toothpaste
· Strong smelling foods: bread, fish, banana, strawberry, coffee ·
Environmental smells: garbage
· Spices: peppermint, onion, garlic, curry, vanilla, chili, cinnamon,
cloves, nutmeg, ginger, honey
Kinesthetic: This includes moving or being moved
· Dancing:
· Swinging
· Spinning:
· Other:
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