The Use of Computerized Test Profiles in Neuropsychological Assessment

Abstract

This paper describes the development and use of standard score profile programs based on psychological tests for evaluating the patterns of abilities and deficits in children with various types of brain damage or dysfunction. The test profile is described and comments made on: the collection of normative data, standard score characteristics, standard deviation limits, age change problems, and the use of a summary score. Two cases are presented on one child with a brain tumor and one with a history of learning problems. The technique of profile interpretation is illustrated and the test scores are related to the medical history. A second computer program which selects the test profiles most similar to any criterion case, from all the previous cases, in an effort to develop a technique for improved classification, is described.

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