{"h1":"Permanence AbilityScore 700–800: Your Next Steps","faq":[{"a":"Yes — it sits in a strong, reassuring band, suggesting your child is developing object permanence well. It's one piece of the wider developmental picture, which a clinician can confirm alongside communication, motor and social-emotional skills.","q":"Is a Permanence AbilityScore of 700–800 a good result?"},{"a":"It's the understanding that people and things still exist even when your child can't see, hear or touch them. This skill underpins memory, problem-solving, attention and the emotional security of knowing a parent will return.","q":"What exactly is object permanence?"},{"a":"Keep nurturing the skill through everyday play like peekaboo and hide-and-seek, note any area you'd like to stretch, and confirm the full picture with a clinician-led developmental review at a Pinnacle centre.","q":"What should I do next with this score?"},{"a":"Not on its own. A single strong band rarely signals a need for intervention. A clinician places it within your child's whole profile to decide whether any one area would benefit from gentle, targeted support.","q":"Does this band mean my child needs therapy?"}],"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-permanence-abilityscore-is-700-800-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Permanence AbilityScore 700–800 — What Are the Next Steps?","entity":{"key":"permanence-toddler","kind":"ability","name":"Permanence","slug":null},"lenses":[{"kind":"stakeholder","label":"Parent","value":"parent"},{"kind":"domain","label":"Cognitive","value":"cognitive"},{"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 700 800","value":"as_700_800"},{"kind":"empowerment","label":"Self Sufficiency","value":"self_sufficiency"}],"parent":{"key":"abilities","label":"Abilities"},"related":[{"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-permanence-abilityscore-is-800-900-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Permanence AbilityScore® 800–900 — Next Steps"},{"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-permanence-abilityscore-is-900-1000-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Permanence AbilityScore 900–1000: Next Steps for Parents"},{"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-permanence-abilityscore-is-500-600-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Permanence AbilityScore 500–600 — Next Steps for Your Child"},{"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-permanence-abilityscore-is-300-400-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Permanence AbilityScore 300–400 — What Are the Next Steps?"},{"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-permanence-abilityscore-is-400-500-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Permanence AbilityScore 400–500: What Are the Next Steps?"},{"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-permanence-abilityscore-is-200-300-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Permanence AbilityScore 200–300 — What Are the Next Steps?"}],"summary":"A Permanence AbilityScore in the 700–800 band is a strong, reassuring range showing your child is developing object permanence — the understanding that things exist even when unseen, which underpins memory and problem-solving. Keep nurturing it through hide-and-seek, peekaboo and container play, and confirm the wider picture with a clinician-led review. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.","answer_md":"*A Permanence AbilityScore in the 700–800 band is wonderful news — your child is building one of the deepest foundations of thinking, and now is the time to keep that momentum going with joyful, purposeful play.*\n\n## In short\nA Permanence score in the **700–800 band** sits in a strong, reassuring range — it tells us your child is developing **object permanence**, the understanding that people and things still exist even when they can't be seen, heard or touched. This is a key cognitive milestone that underpins memory, problem-solving, attention and emotional security. Your next steps are simple: keep nurturing this skill through everyday play, note any areas you'd like to stretch, and confirm the picture with a clinician-led review at a Pinnacle centre.\n\n## What this skill means and how to nurture it\nObject permanence is the quiet engine behind so much of early learning — it's what lets a baby search for a hidden toy, feel calm knowing a parent will return, and later hold an idea in mind to solve a puzzle. A score in this band suggests your child is doing this well; the goal now is to enrich and extend it.\n\n- **Hide-and-seek play** — partially then fully hide a favourite toy under a cloth and encourage your child to find it; celebrate the search, not just the finding.\n- **Peekaboo and \"where did it go?\" games** — these gently rehearse the idea that things come back.\n- **Container play** — dropping objects into a box and tipping them out builds the in-and-out, here-and-gone understanding.\n- **Naming what's missing** — \"Where is Papa's shoe?\" invites your child to picture something not in front of them.\n- **Steady routines** — predictable goodbyes and reunions help link permanence to emotional security.\n\nThere's no need to drill or pressure — short, warm, repeated moments of play do the most.\n\n## When a closer look helps\nA single ability band is one piece of a bigger developmental picture. A clinician can place this Permanence band alongside your child's communication, motor, play and social-emotional development to confirm whether everything is tracking together — or whether a small, targeted bit of support would help any one area shine.\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, a number alone or an online form. To understand how this band fits your child's whole profile, see [how the AbilityScore is calculated](/ask/what-is-the-abilityscore-and-how-is-it-calculated), explore where cognitive skills like permanence grow through [occupational therapy](/occupational-therapy), and begin with a friendly [developmental review](/).\n\n## Trusted sources\nWHO and ICD-11 child development frameworks; CDC \"Learn the Signs. Act Early.\" milestone guidance; American Academy of Pediatrics (HealthyChildren.org) on cognitive and play development.\n\n**Next step —** Want to confirm the full picture and keep your child thriving? [Book a developmental assessment with a Pinnacle clinician](/occupational-therapy).\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-permanence-abilityscore-is-700-800-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-permanence-abilityscore-is-700-800-what-are-the-next-steps","lang":"en","indexable":true}],"dimensions":[{"key":"abilities","label":"Abilities"}],"meta_title":"Permanence AbilityScore 700–800: Next Steps","meta_robots":"index, follow, max-image-preview:large","everyday_tip":"Play short, cheerful rounds of peekaboo and hide-a-toy-under-the-cloth every day — celebrating the search, not just the find, gently strengthens object 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