{"h1":"Imagination AbilityScore® 600–700: Next Steps","faq":[{"a":"It is a band-level snapshot, not a label or a worry. It simply tells the clinician where to begin supporting your child's pretend-play and creative thinking — a band that often responds wonderfully to early, playful support.","q":"Is a 600–700 Imagination AbilityScore® something to worry about?"},{"a":"It reflects how your child pretends, plays symbolically, invents stories and thinks flexibly — skills closely linked to social communication and language. It is interpreted by a clinician within your child's whole developmental picture.","q":"What does the Imagination AbilityScore® actually measure?"},{"a":"Play-based therapy, where a therapist follows your child's lead and gently widens pretend scenarios, alongside speech and language support and simple parent-coaching strategies for home.","q":"What therapy helps imagination develop?"},{"a":"Developmental measurement supports care planning; diagnosis requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional. under qualified clinician care. A centre review confirms the picture and turns the band into a plan.","q":"Do I need to visit a centre, or is the online score enough?"}],"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-imagination-abilityscore-is-600-700-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Imagination AbilityScore® 600–700 — What Are the Next Steps?","entity":{"key":"imagination-toddler","kind":"ability","name":"Imagination","slug":null},"lenses":[{"kind":"stakeholder","label":"Parent","value":"parent"},{"kind":"domain","label":"Social","value":"social"},{"kind":"intent","label":"Support","value":"support"},{"kind":"lifecycle","label":"Measure","value":"measure"},{"kind":"route","label":"Book-Assessment","value":"book-assessment"},{"kind":"score_band","label":"As 600 700","value":"as_600_700"},{"kind":"empowerment","label":"Self Sufficiency","value":"self_sufficiency"}],"parent":{"key":"abilities","label":"Abilities"},"related":[{"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-play-and-imagination-abilityscore-is-300-400-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Play & Imagination AbilityScore 300–400 — Next Steps"},{"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-play-and-imagination-abilityscore-is-600-700-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Play & Imagination AbilityScore 600–700: Next Steps"},{"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-imagination-abilityscore-is-300-400-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Imagination AbilityScore® 300–400 — Next Steps"},{"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-imagination-abilityscore-is-400-500-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Imagination AbilityScore 400–500: What to Do Next"},{"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-imagination-abilityscore-is-500-600-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Imagination AbilityScore 500–600 — what are the next steps?"},{"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-imagination-abilityscore-is-200-300-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Imagination AbilityScore 200–300 — What Are the Next Steps?"}],"summary":"An Imagination AbilityScore® in the 600–700 band is a meaningful signal that pretend-play and creative thinking may benefit from focused, playful support. The next step is a clinician-led review at a Pinnacle Blooms Network centre, where a therapist interprets the band within your child's whole developmental picture and builds a play-rich plan. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.","answer_md":"*A 600–700 Imagination AbilityScore® is a meaningful signal — and the good news is, it points to a clear, gentle plan to help your child's pretend-play and creative thinking flourish.*\n\n## In short\nAn Imagination AbilityScore® in the **600–700 band** suggests your child's pretend-play, symbolic thinking and creative flexibility are developing, but may benefit from focused, playful support to reach the next level. The kindest next step is a clinician-led review at a Pinnacle Blooms Network centre, where a therapist interprets this score alongside your child's whole developmental picture and builds a play-rich plan around their strengths. This is a band that responds beautifully to early, joyful intervention.\n\n## What this band means and what helps\nImagination — the ability to pretend, to play symbolically (a banana becomes a phone), to invent stories and to think flexibly — is a cornerstone of social communication, language and problem-solving. A 600–700 score is a band-level snapshot, not a label; it tells the clinician *where to begin*, not what is \"wrong\".\n\nWhat typically helps in this band:\n- **Play-based therapy** — a therapist follows your child's lead, gently widening pretend scenarios, introducing new play themes, and modelling symbolic and storytelling play.\n- **Speech and language support** — imagination and language grow hand in hand; narrative play often unlocks richer expressive language.\n- **Parent coaching** — simple, repeatable home strategies (pretend tea parties, role-play, open-ended toys) turn everyday play into practice.\n- **Watching the wider picture** — the clinician also looks at social, communication and play-flexibility skills together, because imagination rarely develops in isolation.\n\n## When to seek the review\nBook a review when you receive any AbilityScore® band so a clinician can confirm the picture and set a plan. Seek it sooner if you also notice limited pretend play, very repetitive play with the same toy or theme, little interest in playing *with* others, or difficulty with make-believe and storytelling for your child's age.\n\n## The Pinnacle way\nAbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional — never from an app or online band alone. Your clinician interprets the [AbilityScore® band](/ask/what-is-the-abilityscore-and-how-is-it-calculated) within your child's full developmental profile and shapes a plan led by their strengths, often through [play-based and developmental therapy](/play-therapy). Explore more of [how Pinnacle supports children](/) and what comes after a score.\n\n## Trusted sources\nAmerican Academy of Pediatrics (HealthyChildren.org) guidance on the importance of play in early development; American Speech-Language-Hearing Association guidance on symbolic and pretend play in communication; WHO Nurturing Care Framework on responsive, play-rich early childhood.\n\n**Next step —** Ready to turn this score into a joyful plan? [Book an assessment with a Pinnacle clinician](/play-therapy) to interpret your child's Imagination band and next steps.\n\nThis is general information, not a diagnosis — individual assessment and diagnosis require an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.","canonical":"https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-imagination-abilityscore-is-600-700-what-are-the-next-steps","editorial":{"reviewed_at":"2026-06-11T20:12:18.613642+00:00","reviewed_by":null,"developed_by":"SETU Consortium · Pinnacle Blooms Network"},"alternates":[{"href":"https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-imagination-abilityscore-is-600-700-what-are-the-next-steps","lang":"en","indexable":true},{"href":"https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-imagination-abilityscore-is-600-700-what-are-the-next-steps-te","lang":"te","indexable":false}],"dimensions":[{"key":"abilities","label":"Abilities"}],"meta_title":"Imagination AbilityScore 600–700: Next Steps","meta_robots":"index, follow, 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