Neuropsychological Assessment

Recommended Prerequisites

None.

Teaching Methods

Lectures, slides, testing material, training with testing materials, evaluation of protocols, summaries, bibliography (books, chapters, articles, other texts, slides presented in class). The testing materials can be found in the “Testoteca”, in the Teaching and Research Support Office - Gabinete de Apoio à Investigação e Docência, and in the Psychological Assessment Lab - Laboratório de Avaliação Psicológica).

Learning Outcomes

Obiectives: 1. To know the neuropsychological assessment process and protocols. 2. To know some of the major neuropsychological assessment tests covering different neurocognitive fields, including their potential and limits.

Learning Outcomes: 1. To be competent in neuropsychological test administration, scoring and interpretation. 2. To be able to articulate and communicate the information obtained (from interview, clinical history and the tests) to write neuropsychological case reports. 3. To understand the complexity of the neuropsychological assessment. 4. To understand current neuropaediatric and forensic neuropsychological assessment issues.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Neuropsychological Assessment: Basic library (books, periodicals, publishers of tests), history, principles, aims, use contexts and process.

2. Interview and clinical history.

3. Neuropsychological Tests: administration, scoring and interpretation.

4. Neuropsychological Tests by assessment domains: Memory, Attention, Executive Functions, Visual perception, Language, Motor skills, Laterality, Orientation.

5. Coimbra’s Neuropsychological Assessment  Battery. Use in the examination of different clinical and educational conditions (epilepsy, ADHD, TBI).

6. Neuropsychological report.

7. Special issues in neuropsychological assessment: paediatric and forensic neuropsychology.

Head Lecturer(s)

Mário Manuel Rodrigues Simões

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 50.0%
Individual practical assignment : 50.0%

Bibliography

Armengol, G.,Kaplan, E., & Moes, E. (2001).The consumer-oriented neuropsychological report. Lutz, FL: PAR

Baron, I. (2004).Neuropsychological evaluation of the child. New York: OUP

Davis, A. (2010). Handbook of pediatric neuropsychology. New York: Springer

Horton Jr., A. & Hartlage, L. (Eds.) (2010).The handbook of forensic neuropsychology (2nd ed). New York: Springer

Koziol, L. & Budding, D. (2009).Subcortical structures and cognition: Implications for neuropsychological assessment. New York: Springer

Lezak, M., Howieson, D., Bigler, E., & Tranel, D.(2012).Neuropsychological assessment (5th ed). New York: OUP

Morgan, J., Baron, I. & Ricker, J. (Eds)(2011). Casebook of clinical neuropsychology. New York: OUP

Schoenberg, M. & Scott, J. (Eds)(2011). The little black book of neuropsychology: A syndrome-based approach. New York: Springer

Strauss, E.,Sherman, E. & Spreen, O. (2006). A compendium of neuropsychological tests: Administration, norms, and commentary (2nd ed). New York: OUP