Neuropsychological Assessment: Adults and Older Adults

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Expositive method supported by the presentation of ppt with availability of current representative references of the topics/themes, including studies for the Portuguese population. Interrogative methods/critical thinking. Testing skills/practical training in neuropsychological assessment protocol application (to an adult or older adult person), scoring, analysis and interpretation of results, case formulation/conceptualization and neuropsychological report writing. Tutorial guidance is also provided for performing these tasks.

Learning Outcomes

1. To know/understand the assumptions/foundations, principles, objectives, process/procedures and protocols of neuropsychological assessment, namely in adults and older adults.

2. To know/understand some of the main neuropsychological tests associated with the examination/assessment of different neurocognitive functions/domains, including their potentialities, advantages and limitations/issues.

Learning outcomes: 1. Demonstrate competence in the administration, scoring and results analysis and interpretation of neuropsychological tests. 2. Demonstrate skills to articulate and communicate the information obtained in the clinical interview, clinical history and observation and the neuropsychological tests' results regarding the elaboration of a neuropsycological report. 3. Understand the complexity of neuropsychological assessment work.4. Know current/emerging research topics and approaches of adults and older adults neuropsycological assessment.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Multidimensional model of neuropsycological assessment.

2. Ethical aspects/issues in adults and olders adults neurpsycological assessment.

4. General and premorbid intelligence: e.g. WAIS-III, TeLPI, BARC.

5. Cognitive screening and global cognition: e.g. MMSE, MoCA, CDR, ACE-R, ADAS-Cog.

6. Memory: e.g. WMS-III, FCSRT, AVLT, FCRey, CVMT, SMC, EQDC.

7. Attention and Executive Functions: e.g. Toulouse & Piéron Cancellation Test, D2, BADS, TMT A & B, Stroop, Verbal Fluency, BRIEF-A.

8. Language, Laterality and Motor Functions: e.g. PAL-PORT, Token Test, Purdue Pegboard Test, Grooved Pegboard test.

9. Functional Capacity: e.g. IAFAI.

10. Personality, Psychopathological Symptoms and Quality of Life: e.g. NEO PI-R, NEO FFI, EPQ-R, HAP, NPI, GDS-30, GAI, WHOQOL-OLD.

11. Performance Validity Tests: e.g. TOMM, Rey 15-IMT.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Manuela Pereira Vilar

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Frequency: 50.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 50.0%

Bibliography

Arnett, P. (2013). Secondary influences on neuropsychological test performance. New York:OUP.

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

Simões, M. R., Santana, I., & Grupo de Estudos de Envelhecimento Cerebral e Demência (Eds.) (2015). Escalas e Testes na Demência (3ª. edição) [Scales and Tests in Dementia, 3rd ed.]. Lisboa: Novartis.

Snyder, P., Nursbaum, P., & Robins, D. (Eds.) (2014). Clinical neuropsychology: A pocket handbook for assessment (3rd ed.).Washington, DC:APA.

Strauss, E., Sherman, E.M.S., & Spreen, O. (2006). A Compendium of neuropsychological tests: Administration, norms, and commentary. New York: Oxford University Press.

Tuokko, H. A., & Smart, C. M. (2018). Neuropsychology of cognitive decline: A developmental approach to assessment and intervention. New York: Guildford.