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Psychological Assessment and Testing

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Assessment of patients diagnosed with developmental disabilities requires the clinician to understand that presenting problems are the culmination of a complex array of contributing factors. Development is influenced by biological, neurological, cognitive, and psychosocial factors, as well as their contributions to the functioning of the patient. Neurodevelopmental challenges specifically impact the growth and maturation of the nervous system and these interactions within an individual. Psychological assessment can often assist the medical provider through a more comprehensive investigation of these various factors. In particular, assessments focused on neuropsychological functioning in children with neurodevelopmental disorders can assist care providers in understanding how the individual patient’s functioning is impacted and can provide suggestions on how the environment must be adapted to allow the patient to navigate the maturation process with obstacles minimized and function maximized.

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  1. Family Institute, PC, Grand Forks, ND, 58201, USA

    Margo Adams Larsen

  2. Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare, St Paul, MN, USA

    Erin Tentis Berglund PhD

  3. School of Psychology, Walden University, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Robin Joseph MA

  4. Behavioral Developmental Pediatrics, Pediatrics Program, Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, 49008-1284, USA

    Helen D. Pratt PhD

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  1. Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Michigan State University, Oakland Drive 1000, Kalamazoo, 49008, Michigan, USA

    Dilip R. Patel

  2. Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Michigan State University, Oakland Drive 1000, Kalamazoo,, 49008, Michigan, USA

    Donald E. Greydanus

  3. Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 40506, Kentucky, USA

    Hatim A. Omar

  4. , Division for Mental Retardation, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Se, PO Box 1260, Jerusalem, 91012, Israel

    Joav Merrick

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Larsen, M.A., Berglund, E.T., Joseph, R., Pratt, H.D. (2011). Psychological Assessment and Testing. In: Patel, D., Greydanus, D., Omar, H., Merrick, J. (eds) Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0627-9_3

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