The Activity Preference resources are  designed to complement the NMT assessment by assisting clinicians in planning for the third component of recommendations which focuses on the prescription of individualized therapeutic activities for the client. 

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Founded on an Occupational Therapy framework combining the theories of Sensory Integration and Activity Analysis this approach attempts to enhance the specificity of intervention planning for each individual client based on a systematic interpretation of their current play or activity preferences.

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In short, the approach attempts to assist clinical decision making in terms of “which activity, when and why!” 
 

The Play and Activity Preference Resources
 

   1. The Play Preference Checklists provide a series of standardised
       assessment tools for children birth to 10 years. The checklists  
       systematically review the child’s play preferences based on observation and
       feedback from family, teachers and therapists.
 

   2. The Activity Preference Checklists provide a similar series of standardised
       assessment tools for adolescents and adults and can be completed by the
       client or via interview with the client, family or clinical  team.
 

   2. The Individual Activity Planning Manuals each list over 600 activities,                      experiences and interventions which have been categorized according to
       their Somato-sensory, Regulatory and Relational properties. These manuals
       ensure that age appropriate NMT informed activities and interventions
       targeting the domains of preferred input identified on the relevant checklists
       are easily isolated.