# Imagination AbilityScore® 600–700 — What Are the Next Steps?

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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.

*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.*

## In short
An 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.

## What this band means and what helps
Imagination — 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".

What typically helps in this band:
- **Play-based therapy** — a therapist follows your child's lead, gently widening pretend scenarios, introducing new play themes, and modelling symbolic and storytelling play.
- **Speech and language support** — imagination and language grow hand in hand; narrative play often unlocks richer expressive language.
- **Parent coaching** — simple, repeatable home strategies (pretend tea parties, role-play, open-ended toys) turn everyday play into practice.
- **Watching the wider picture** — the clinician also looks at social, communication and play-flexibility skills together, because imagination rarely develops in isolation.

## When to seek the review
Book 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.

## The Pinnacle way
AbilityScore® 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.

## Trusted sources
American 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.

**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.

This is general information, not a diagnosis — individual assessment and diagnosis require an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.

## Sources
- AAP HealthyChildren.org — the power of play in development: https://www.healthychildren.org
- ASHA — symbolic and pretend play in communication: https://www.asha.org
- WHO Nurturing Care Framework — responsive, play-rich early childhood: https://nurturing-care.org

## Connected topics and perspectives
- Abilities: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/abilities
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- Social: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/domain/social
- Support: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/intent/support
- Measure: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/lifecycle/measure
- Book Assessment: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/route/book-assessment
- As 600 700: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/score_band/as_600_700
- Self Sufficiency: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/empowerment/self_sufficiency

## Related question paths

### Understand the subject
- What is Imagination in child development?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-is-imagination-in-child-development
- What Imagination represents developmentally: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-imagination-represent-developmentally-and-when-is-a-delay-in-it-clinically-significant
- Imagination in the ICF Functioning Framework: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/which-icf-functioning-domain-does-imagination-map-to-in-early-childhood

### Recognise signs & concerns
- What does a delay in Imagination mean for my child?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-a-delay-in-imagination-mean-for-my-child

### Understand assessment
- How is Imagination assessed?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/how-is-imagination-assessed
- How is Imagination scored on the AbilityScore?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/how-is-imagination-scored-on-the-abilityscore
- What does an AbilityScore in Imagination mean for my child?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-an-abilityscore-of-0-100-in-imagination-mean-for-my-child
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- What does an AbilityScore of 200–300 in Imagination mean for my child?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-an-abilityscore-of-200-300-in-imagination-mean-for-my-child
- What does an AbilityScore of 300–400 in Imagination mean for my child?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-an-abilityscore-of-300-400-in-imagination-mean-for-my-child
- What does an AbilityScore of 400–500 in Imagination mean for my child?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-an-abilityscore-of-400-500-in-imagination-mean-for-my-child
- What does an AbilityScore of 500–600 in Imagination mean for my child?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-an-abilityscore-of-500-600-in-imagination-mean-for-my-child
- What does an AbilityScore of 600–700 in Imagination mean for my child?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-an-abilityscore-of-600-700-in-imagination-mean-for-my-child
- What does an AbilityScore of 700–800 in Imagination mean for my child?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-an-abilityscore-of-700-800-in-imagination-mean-for-my-child
- What does an AbilityScore of 800–900 in Imagination mean for my child?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-an-abilityscore-of-800-900-in-imagination-mean-for-my-child
- What does an AbilityScore of 900–1000 in Imagination mean for my child?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-an-abilityscore-of-900-1000-in-imagination-mean-for-my-child

### Explore therapy & support
- Play & Imagination AbilityScore 600–700: Next Steps: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-play-and-imagination-abilityscore-is-600-700-what-are-the-next-steps
- Imagination AbilityScore 500–600 — what are the next steps?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-imagination-abilityscore-is-500-600-what-are-the-next-steps
- Imagination AbilityScore 400–500: What to Do Next: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-imagination-abilityscore-is-400-500-what-are-the-next-steps
- Imagination AbilityScore 200–300 — What Are the Next Steps?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-imagination-abilityscore-is-200-300-what-are-the-next-steps
- Imagination AbilityScore® 300–400 — Next Steps: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-imagination-abilityscore-is-300-400-what-are-the-next-steps
- Play & Imagination AbilityScore 300–400 — Next Steps: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-play-and-imagination-abilityscore-is-300-400-what-are-the-next-steps
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- Imagination AbilityScore 100–200 — Next Steps: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-imagination-abilityscore-is-100-200-what-are-the-next-steps
- Imagination AbilityScore 700–800 — Next Steps for Parents: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-imagination-abilityscore-is-700-800-what-are-the-next-steps
- Imagination AbilityScore 800–900: Next Steps: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-imagination-abilityscore-is-800-900-what-are-the-next-steps

### At home & in everyday life
- How can I support my child's Imagination?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/how-can-i-support-my-child-s-imagination
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