Integrating Neuropsychological and Psychological Evaluations

Daniel K. Reinstein, PhD, holds an adjunct faculty position in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. He is the Clinical Director and Director of Research at the Community Therapeutic Day School, a small private school for neurologically and emotionally troubled children. Dawn E. Burau, LMHC and SpEd, is Adjunct Faculty at Lesley University in the Graduate School of Expressive Therapy and, over the last ten years, has worked as a therapeutic teacher at the Community Therapeutic Day School and has consulted to both public and private schools.

Foreword Bruce Hauptman 1. Introducing the Whole Child: Cognition, Behavior, and Emotion 2. Assessing and Understanding the Whole Child: The Complete Neuropsychological Evaluation 3. Understanding and Assessing Cognition 4. Understanding and Assessing Executive Functions 5. Understanding and Assessing Memory 6. Understanding and Assessing Visual Motor Functioning 7. Understanding and Assessing Academic Skills 8. Understanding and Assessing Emotional Functioning 9. Putting it all Together: Feedback and the Report as a Therapeutic Intervention 10. Putting it into Action: Translating Evaluation Results into the Classroom and Home 11. Behind the Scenes: Legal Ramifications 12. Overview of the Whole Child and Case Conclusion Appendix Index