In my last Blog entry, I mentioned my Neuropsych testing work, and one of the responses from a friend was: “Good stuff Daniel. How’s the neuro psych testing done?”.
The following was my response:
Hi All,
I’ve been feeling a little overloaded the last few days, nothing serious, but I wanted to let D. know I’m working on a response about my neuropsych work and haven’t forgotten.
Neuropsychology relates the different brain functions to the different parts of the brain, (It’s brain location specific).
I have batteries of tests for adults, adolescents, and various aged kids.
These test batteries include the various subtests of the Wexler IQ tests and verbal and nonverbal Memory tests, motor and perceptual tests, psychological tests that eliminate non-neurological causes of problems, tests that rule out the faking of problems (So called “motivation” tests), attention and learning disability (LD) tests that document problems warranting extra time for tests such as the SAT, LSAT, and other academic exams, among others.
Working for a private practice, it’s a little of everything, including all kinds of legal cases.
Due to confidentiality issues, I’m not at liberty to discuss most of those, and this has been an issue that has slowed down my response concerning my work.
In the past, we’ve tested clients involved in large pesticide cases, auto rollover cases, oil rig explosion cases, carnival attraction ride accidents, and recently a large auto driving car accident case.
It’s interesting work.
The people I work with are straight shooters, and the lawyers that engage us want the truth, not a “hired gun”.
We only use standardized tests that have high proven validity and large data bases, that hold up in court.
I’m honored to be part of a class practice with integrity.
So my response was a little complicated, and I had to stop and think before I could respond. :) .
Best to All,
Daniel
