Assessment Presentation

These are just Notes to help

• Neuropsychologists focus on expressed brain function:

  • Reasoning/problem solving

  • Learning/recall processes

  • Selective attention/concentration

  • Perception

  • Sensation

  • Language processes

  • Controlled/directed movement processes

• Neuropsychologists use models of brain-behavior relationships to determine whether expected neurobehavioral function is different from normal, or has changed to a degree that is consistent with impairment

• Typically, neuropsychologists perform assessments (psychological tests) that evaluate functioning of the brain

  • Determine if performance is in expected range

  • Determine if performance is consistent with brain damage

  • Make recommendations about how to manage cope with weaknesses, utilize strengths, and improve functioning

Neuropsychology is the study of the relationship between the structure and function of the brain and one’s behavior. Cognition and physiology are considered interrelated and inseparable. The field of neuropsychology aims to study, assess, and treat behaviors based on brain functioning.

•Goal is to understand how behavior, emotion, cognition and perception may be related to, and underpinned by, the chemical, electrophysiological, anatomical and integrative functions of the central nervous system.

•Fueled by advancements in imaging technology, neuropsychological thinking started to gather momentum during the 1950s and 1960s.

Overview of Neuropsychology

NP batteries are tailored to the individual client

•A well-done evaluation of cognitive abilities and skills can provide the foundation for an accurate diagnosis and useful recommendations for treatment, which can be applied clinically.

— Recommendations include individual psychotherapy, family psychotherapy, psychiatric intervention, behavioral interventions, training and coaching, special education services and intervention and other specialized intervention, such as occupational therapy, speech therapy, vision therapy, neurological consultations, nutritional counseling, etc. Overview of Neuropsychological Evaluations

Strauss, E., Sherman, E. M. S., & Spreen, O. (2006). A Compendium of Neuropsychological Tests: Administration, Norms, and Commentary (3rd ed.). Oxford, NY: Oxford University Press.

•Marnat, G. G. (2009). Handbook of Psychological Assessment (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

•Harvey, P. D. (2012). Clinical applications of neuropsychological assessment. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 14(1), 91–99.

•http://faculty.pepperdine.edu/shimels/Courses/Files/ConvTable.pdf or google psychometric conversion table.

•ME! [email protected]

DUE THURSDAY MARCH 9, 2016

Neuropsychological Assessment Presentation

PART 1:

Prepare an oral Introduction presentation 350 to 400 accompanied with 3 slides Microsoft® PowerPoint® - presentation

SLIDE 1. Introduction Slide One: Defining Neuropsychological Assessment

SLIDE 2 It’s Purpose and use for disablity or neurological dysfunction

SLIDE 3. References

PART 2

Write an oral introduction for Neuropsychological Assessment

including detailed speaker notes.

Format your presentation according to APA guidelines.

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