Main description:

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.

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