Summary: Child Neuropsychology

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  • Early focal brain insult, age and neurobehavioural outcome.

    Anderson at al, 2009
  • Chapter 17: Maxims and a Model for the Practice of Pediatric Neuropsychology

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  • What is the hierarchy of steps that have to be taken in order to carry out an pediatric neuropsychological evaluation?

    Testing, assessment, evaluation
  • Maxim 2: Adult brain behavior relationships...

    Adult brain behavior relationship rules do not invariably apply to children
  • First two maxims are about which question?

    When did the brain injury occur?
  • A young brain has a higher degree of plasticity. Name one benefit and two down sides, plus conclusion

    1.  Plasticity occurs after small, focal injury, so high chance of recovery
    2. children often sustain global injury so plasticity does not occur
    3. Crowding: general depression of functioning
    4. conclusion: more vulnerable than adult brain
  • Developing skills with a damaged brain is...

    More difficult than retraining skills
  • After how many years can you say you have a complete view of permanent dysfunctions?

    20 years, adults 1/2 years
  • Adults with Cushings syndrome show rapid recovery once treatment starts. How do children recover?

    Intelligence level declined, poor school performance 1 year after surgery
  • How do Vollmer at all explain the difference between development in non-verbal (low) and verbal IQ in children? (Previously interpreted as a likely indication of lateralized right cerebral dysfunction as an adult)

    The brain compensates to preserve verbal over non verbal IQ
  • Maxim 3: A model of normal development...

    provides critical clinical context

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