PSYD 774 Integrated Neuropsychological Assessment

(Formerly PP 7392). Designed to prepare students for their diagnostic practicum, this section of Integrative Assessment will focus on training students to develop standard and specialized clinical reports that emphasize analysis and integration of interviews, behavioral observations, and test data from multiple objective and neuropsychological assessment measures. This course provides an introduction to the assessment of brain-behavior relationships. A variety of neuropsychological tests will be introduced, covering the major cognitive domains in neuropsychology, with an emphasis on the process by which such tests are interpreted in light of all of the data available. The course builds skills in the gathering of valid information and data; the integration of assessment data, across multiple evaluative modalities; and the communication of results toward answering a specific question and treatment recommendations to referral sources, and the consumers of assessment information. Pre-requisite(s): None. Co-requisite(s): None. 3 semester hours

Credits

3

Distribution

Argosy Courses