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The Neuropsychology Toolkit

Guidelines, Formats, and Language

  • Concise, practical manual for improving the quality of neuropsychological evaluations
  • Long and short report formats and sample wording are tremendous time savers
  • Fills the gap between academic neuropsychology instruction and real-world practice
  • Appendices include neuropsychological questionnaire, short- and long-report formats, and sample statements for sections of the neuropsychological report that are especially challenging to write
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. NeuRules: Guidelines for Improving Assessment and Reporting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
  3. NEURULES: GUIDELINES FOR IMPROVING ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING

    1. Pre-Test

      • Richard L. Wanlass
      Pages 3-7
    2. Interacting with Others

      • Richard L. Wanlass
      Pages 9-12
    3. Managing Environmental Considerations

      • Richard L. Wanlass
      Pages 13-14
    4. Selecting Tests and Categorizing Performance

      • Richard L. Wanlass
      Pages 23-24
    5. Testing, Interpreting, and Reporting Results

      • Richard L. Wanlass
      Pages 25-31
    6. Writing Effectively

      • Richard L. Wanlass
      Pages 35-40
    7. Controlling Quality

      • Richard L. Wanlass
      Pages 41-44
    8. Post-Test

      • Richard L. Wanlass
      Pages 45-50
  4. Formats: Questionnaires and Reports

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
  5. FORMATS: QUESTIONNAIRES AND REPORTS

    1. Self-Report Questionnaire

      • Richard L. Wanlass
      Pages 53-64
    2. Family Report Questionnaire

      • Richard L. Wanlass
      Pages 65-73
    3. Short Report Format

      • Richard L. Wanlass
      Pages 75-83
    4. Long Report Format

      • Richard L. Wanlass
      Pages 85-107
  6. Language

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
  7. LANGUAGE

    1. Validity

      • Richard L. Wanlass
      Pages 111-116
    2. Test Results

      • Richard L. Wanlass
      Pages 117-127

About this book

This book provides information, guidelines, and materials to help future neuropsychology supervisees identify, understand, and avoid some of these problems and pitfalls. Also included are a neuropsychological questionnaire, short- and long-report formats, and sample statements that can be used to help with wording sections of the report that are particularly challenging to write.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“The Neuropsychology Toolkit: Guidelines, Formats, and Language provides the beginning clinician with the necessary and fundamental components of writing a concise, coherent, and interpretable neuropsychological evaluation. … Throughout the book, Wanlass makes extensive use of clinical examples for a range of situations that might be encountered during the neuropsychological assessment process. … this book can be recommended to the beginning clinician or doctoral student who is pursuing a career in clinical neuropsychology or to clinicians who are unfamiliar with neuropsychological assessment.” (Benjamin D. Hill and Joshua S. Kline, Journal of Child and Family Studies, Vol. 22, 2013)

“The author provides the reader with essential scaffolding on what to include in a report and helpful suggestions on how the entire evaluation process might be accomplished. Although it is primarily geared toward trainees that are earlier on in their professional development in the practice of clinical neuropsychology, the book can also be utilized by more seasoned users in a review of sound practice fundamentals. … this is a useful little book that will easily find a place on students’ or supervisors’ shelf.” (John E. Beauvais, Sara E. Anderson and Katherine D. Kane, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, November, 2012)

Authors and Affiliations

  • , Dept of Physical Med and Rehab, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, USA

    Richard L. Wanlass

About the author

Richard Wanlass, Ph.D., is Chief Psychologist and Clinical Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center, where he oversees and provides neuropsychological, psychological, and social services to patients with TBI, chronic pain, stroke, spinal cord injury, and other neurological and physical disabilities. In addition, he trains pre-doctoral psychology interns and post-doctoral neuropsychology fellows. Prior to joing UC-Davis, he directed neuropsychological and psychological services in a free-standing brain injury rehabilitation facility. Other previous activities include private practice, consultation, and service as an Expert Reviewer for the California Board of Psychology. Dr. Wanlass is a Fellow of the National Academy of Neuropsychology and a member of the American Psychological Association.

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