The Neuropsychology Toolkit - Guidelines, Formats, and Language

During the professional training and careers of psychology interns, postdoctoral fellows, and neuropsychologists, there are many recurring errors, omissions, and misconceptions that can diminish the quality of neuropsychological evaluations. This book provides information, guidelines, and materials to help future neuropsychology supervisees identify, understand, and avoid some of these problems and pitfalls. Also included in the appendices are a neuropsychological questionnaire, short- and long-report formats, and sample statements that can be used to help with wording sections of the report that are particularly challenging to write.

List of contents

Part I: NeuRules: Guidelines for Improving Assessment and Reporting.- Chapter 1: Pre-Test.- Chapter 2: Interacting with Others.- Chapter 3: Managing Environmental Considerations.- Chapter 4. Obtaining and Reporting Background Information.- Chapter 5: Selecting Tests and Categorizing Performance.- Chapter 6: Testing, Interpreting, and Reporting Results.- Chapter 7: Reporting Conclusions, Diagnoses, and Recommendations.- Chapter 8: Writing Effectively.- Chapter 9: Controlling Quality.- Chapter 10: Post-Test.- Part II: Formats: Questionnaires and Reports.- Chapter 11 : Neuropsychological Questionnaire--Self-Report Version.- Chapter 12 : Neuropsychological Questionnaire--Family Report Version.- Chapter 13: Short Report Format.- Chapter 14: Long Report Format.- Part III: Language.- Chapter 15: Validity.- Chapter 16: Test Results.- Chapter 17: Conclusions.- Chapter 18: Recommendations.- Appendix: Scoring Key.- Index.

About the author

Richard Wanlass, Ph.D., is Chief Psychologist and Clinical Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center, where he oversees and provides neuropsychological, psychological, and social services to patients with TBI, chronic pain, stroke, spinal cord injury, and other neurological and physical disabilities. In addition, he trains pre-doctoral psychology interns and post-doctoral neuropsychology fellows. Prior to joing UC-Davis, he directed neuropsychological and psychological services in a free-standing brain injury rehabilitation facility. Other previous activities include private practice, consultation, and service as an Expert Reviewer for the California Board of Psychology. Dr. Wanlass is a Fellow of the National Academy of Neuropsychology and a member of the American Psychological Association.

Summary

This book provides information, guidelines, and materials to help future neuropsychology supervisees identify, understand, and avoid some of these problems and pitfalls. Also included are a neuropsychological questionnaire, short- and long-report formats, and sample statements that can be used to help with wording sections of the report that are particularly challenging to write.

Report

From the reviews:
"The Neuropsychology Toolkit: Guidelines, Formats, and Language provides the beginning clinician with the necessary and fundamental components of writing a concise, coherent, and interpretable neuropsychological evaluation. ... Throughout the book, Wanlass makes extensive use of clinical examples for a range of situations that might be encountered during the neuropsychological assessment process. ... this book can be recommended to the beginning clinician or doctoral student who is pursuing a career in clinical neuropsychology or to clinicians who are unfamiliar with neuropsychological assessment." (Benjamin D. Hill and Joshua S. Kline, Journal of Child and Family Studies, Vol. 22, 2013)
"The author provides the reader with essential scaffolding on what to include in a report and helpful suggestions on how the entire evaluation process might be accomplished. Although it is primarily geared toward trainees that are earlier on in their professional development in the practice of clinical neuropsychology, the book can also be utilized by more seasoned users in a review of sound practice fundamentals. ... this is a useful little book that will easily find a place on students' or supervisors' shelf." (John E. Beauvais, Sara E. Anderson and Katherine D. Kane, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, November, 2012)

Product details

• Authors: Richard L Wanlass, Richard L. Wanlass
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2012
• EAN: 9781461418818
• ISBN: 978-1-4614-1881-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 16 mm x 243 mm
• Weight: 396 g
• Illustrations: XII, 160 p.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Miscellaneous; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine