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Pediatric neuropsychology (paediatric in the UK) is a sub-speciality within the field of clinical neuropsychology that studies the relationship between brain health and behaviour in children. [1] Many pediatric neuropsychologists are involved in teaching, research, supervision, and training of undergraduate and graduate students in the field.
The diagnostic approach originated in the Lurian approach to assessment. [1] [2] NEPSY-II is based on a Finnish instrument, NEPS, originally published in 1980. [3] NEPS included two to five tasks, aimed at 5 to 6-year-olds [4] and was then revised in 1988 and 1990 to include more tasks and be applicable for a wider age range (NEPSU). [5]
There is no assessment of executive function, phonemic fluency, or motor responses. It takes about half an hour to administer. [ 3 ] It was originally introduced in the screening for dementia , but has also found application in other situations, [ 3 ] such as hepatic encephalopathy .
There is some discussion on the standardized interruption of the test. [2] The children's version of the test is for 8–12 years old. This test has 149 different items that also measure on a continuum from 0 to 2. It also takes roughly 2 to 3 hours to administer and the same constructs are being measured. [citation needed]
Neuropsychological tests are specifically designed tasks that are used to measure a psychological function known to be linked to a particular brain structure or pathway. [1] Tests are used for research into brain function and in a clinical setting for the diagnosis of deficits.
The Halstead–Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery (HRNB) and allied procedures is a comprehensive suite of neuropsychological tests used to assess the condition and functioning of the brain, including etiology, type (diffuse vs. specific), localization and lateralization of brain injury.
They address the need in neuropsychological assessment to consider factors that may inhibit or facilitate a patient's performance. Unlike most other neuropsychological batteries for adults (such as the Luria–Nebraska, the Halstead–Reitan, and so forth), the Dean–Woodcock battery does not contain tests of prefrontal lobe function so it ...
The Woodcock–Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities is a set of intelligence tests first developed in 1977 by Richard Woodcock and Mary E. Bonner Johnson (although Johnson's contribution is disputed). [1] It was revised in 1989, again in 2001, and most recently in 2014; this last version is commonly referred to as the WJ IV. [2]