Children are often referred for a neuropsychological evaluation for placement in special programs such as gifted programs, learning disabilities classes, or for accommodations and services for children with high functioning autism or AD/HD. These developmental problems often cause school and/or social behavior or learning problems. Children are also referred by physicians because of medical conditions that affect the brain. These include but are not limited to the following:
Adult students sometimes require accommodations for college or College Board Exams as well as for graduate school exams or for board exams. A thorough assessment is required before they can be allowed accommodations, such as untimed tests, so they can demonstrate their knowledge.
Other adults have questions related to areas of disability that limit their effectiveness at work and want to find out how to compensate for these problems or to find an appropriate field of work or study in which their disability won’t present a problem. Adults who have strokes, tumors, or brain injuries are often referred by physicians in order to obtain a clearer picture of how the injury or condition is affecting the patient’s cognitive skills and how to best treat him and provide accommodations.
Assessments in older adults often are related to difficulty with memory or performing tasks that used to be easier for them. A neuropsychological evaluation together with neurological consultation and imaging techniques can provide valuable information for treatment. These types of disorders, often taking the form of dementia can now be treated medically as well as through providing the patient with compensatory techniques.
Sometimes neuropsychological assessments are requested by attorneys in order to assess brain damage for legal cases. The neuropsychological evaluation is conducted in order to determine premorbid levels of functioning as well as current levels of neuropsychological functioning subsequent to the injury and prognosis for recovery.
Agencies request neuropsychological evaluations for the purpose of vocational training and planning as well as to obtain information regarding possible disabilities among children who have been in foster care or who are under the care of the agency.
Children are often referred for a neuropsychological evaluation for placement in special programs such as gifted programs, learning disabilities classes, or for accommodations and services for children with high functioning autism or AD/HD. These developmental problems often cause school and/or social behavior or learning problems. Children are also referred by physicians because of medical conditions that affect the brain. These include but are not limited to the following:
Adult students sometimes require accommodations for college or College Board Exams as well as for graduate school exams or for board exams. A thorough assessment is required before they can be allowed accommodations, such as untimed tests, so they can demonstrate their knowledge.
Other adults have questions related to areas of disability that limit their effectiveness at work and want to find out how to compensate for these problems or to find an appropriate field of work or study in which their disability won’t present a problem. Adults who have strokes, tumors, or brain injuries are often referred by physicians in order to obtain a clearer picture of how the injury or condition is affecting the patient’s cognitive skills and how to best treat him and provide accommodations.
Assessments in older adults often are related to difficulty with memory or performing tasks that used to be easier for them. A neuropsychological evaluation together with neurological consultation and imaging techniques can provide valuable information for treatment. These types of disorders, often taking the form of dementia can now be treated medically as well as through providing the patient with compensatory techniques.
Sometimes neuropsychological assessments are requested by attorneys in order to assess brain damage for legal cases. The neuropsychological evaluation is conducted in order to determine premorbid levels of functioning as well as current levels of neuropsychological functioning subsequent to the injury and prognosis for recovery.
Agencies request neuropsychological evaluations for the purpose of vocational training and planning as well as to obtain information regarding possible disabilities among children who have been in foster care or who are under the care of the agency
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