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Adult NeuroPsychoEducationcal Evaluation
Neuropsycheducational evaluation includes interviews, questionnaires, intellectual, memory, neuropsychological skills, educational achievement and personality testing. Neuropsychological skills are the building blocks for functioning in school and in life. Educational achievement testing examines how neuropsychological and personality variables are affecting current educational skills and functioning.
- When to use neuropsychoeducational evaluation:
- To diagnose and determine the extent of neuropsychological impairments
- To diagnose Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- To determine the nature of memory impairments
- To clarify learning styles and impairments
- To diagnose learning disabilities
- To identify neuropsychological strengths
- For educational planning
- To qualify a student for educational accommodations
- For treatment planning and referral
| Neuropsychoeducational Skills Measured: |
- Visual Processing
- Auditory Processing
- Cognitive Flexibility
- Attention/Concentration
- Phonological Processing
- Reading Decoding
- Writing Skills
- Math Calculation Skills
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- Spacial Constructive
- Working Memory
- Memory
- Executive Functions
- Listening Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing Expression
- Math Reasoning
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- Problem Solving
- Sensorimotor
- Cognitive Fluency
- Verbal Processing
- Following Directions
- Reading Fluency
- Writing Fluency
- Math Fluency
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- Tests given:
- Luria Nebraska Neuropsycholgical Battery
- Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale IV (WAIS-IV)
- Delis Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS)
- Bender Gestalt Test of Visual Motor Integration
- Wide Range Assessment of Memory & Learning II (WRAML II)
- Woodcock Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities IV (WJ IV Cognitive Abilities)
- Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement IV (WJ IV Achievement)
- Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing
- Adult Neuropsychological Questionnaire
- Amen's Brain System and ADD Checklists
- Barkley's ADHD Questionnaires and Structured Interview
- House Tree Person (HTP)
- Kinetic Family Drawing (KFD)
- Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
- Rorschach
- Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory II (MMPI-II)
- Validity Indicator Profile (VIP)
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