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How do we determine behavioural/social factors Lots of self report, questionnaires,
interviews
How do we determine psychological factors Objective -- personality tests, questionnaires
Medical/Health info
- history of anxiety, depression, bipolar?
How do we determine Biomedical factors Standardized testing:
- Test brain areas function
- compare performance to a norm
- Everyone has a predetermined baseline but this is hard to know
- therefore closest is estimation based on academic achievement
How do we determine Lifestyle factors Informant report
- how often exercised, what was diet, do they smoke
- all important to predict recovery
Types of NP assessment Screening
Focused assessment
- socio-emotional
- 1-few aspects of cognition
, Diagnostic assessment
Therapy/Rehab assessment
Progress evaluation
Screening <1hour, brief determination if they are good for a study or not
Focused assessment Socio-emotional
- ie. depression? does this effect academics
Cognition
- learning difficulty post accident?
Diagnostic assessment Focus on certain areas
- if diagnosis has a particular direction (ie. ADHA and attention/EF) wouldn't focus on colour
discrimination
Therapy/Rehab Assessment Target functions that have not recovered
Progress evaluation Follow up evaluations and comparisons -- improvement?
OPTIMAL assessment process Referral question analysis and interview
1st design and hypothesis making
How do we determine behavioural/social factors Lots of self report, questionnaires,
interviews
How do we determine psychological factors Objective -- personality tests, questionnaires
Medical/Health info
- history of anxiety, depression, bipolar?
How do we determine Biomedical factors Standardized testing:
- Test brain areas function
- compare performance to a norm
- Everyone has a predetermined baseline but this is hard to know
- therefore closest is estimation based on academic achievement
How do we determine Lifestyle factors Informant report
- how often exercised, what was diet, do they smoke
- all important to predict recovery
Types of NP assessment Screening
Focused assessment
- socio-emotional
- 1-few aspects of cognition
, Diagnostic assessment
Therapy/Rehab assessment
Progress evaluation
Screening <1hour, brief determination if they are good for a study or not
Focused assessment Socio-emotional
- ie. depression? does this effect academics
Cognition
- learning difficulty post accident?
Diagnostic assessment Focus on certain areas
- if diagnosis has a particular direction (ie. ADHA and attention/EF) wouldn't focus on colour
discrimination
Therapy/Rehab Assessment Target functions that have not recovered
Progress evaluation Follow up evaluations and comparisons -- improvement?
OPTIMAL assessment process Referral question analysis and interview
1st design and hypothesis making
