Use of Neuropsychological Testing Neuropsychological Assessment in Schools ERIC Digest. The nature of neuropsychological assessment and its application in the school environment are discussed.
Neuropsychology is the study of how the brain and nervous system affect thinking and behavior.
Educational application of neuropsychological assessment is particularly pertinent today due to recent laws concerning education of the handicapped, the wide range of programs offered by schools for the developmentally disabled, and the difficulties involved in identification of learning disabilities. A five-item list of additional reading materials is included. Neuropsychological assessment is a tool that has traditionally been used by hospital clinicians and clinical psychologists. However, now that educators have begun to recognize the value of neuropsychological assessment, many school psychologists are being trained to use it as a regular part of assessing children with special needs. This digest tells you what neuropsychological assessment is and why it's important to educators.