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Basic Principles: Behavioral History and What It Means

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This chapter is about obtaining history information. Every neuropsychologist knows how to do this aspect of the evaluation. The focus of this chapter is more specific. In this day and age, the histories we obtain need to be more detailed; we need to delve more deeply into a person’s background if only because recent years have taught us much more about neurodevelopmental factors than we ever knew before. Nevertheless, our knowledge of development still remains in its infancy. Different professions are highly specialized, these professions such as Speech/Language pathology and Occupational Therapy use developmental data to guide their interventions, and in many cases, neuropsychologists could benefit from the knowledge of those professions but they are not exposed to it. Therefore, this chapter focuses upon an updated information database and information integration. It examines certain features of development that are not only important, but also should be woven into the summary of the patient’s report. The summary not only specifies the findings, but also provides the opportunity to integrate information from the person’s history in order to better understand the objective test results, and then, stating the appropriate evidence-based interventions. This is particularly important in cases of pediatric neuropsychological assessment when complicated neurodevelopmental data can often make the presenting problems easier to understand. Developmental history is frequently unknown or difficult to fully ascertain when evaluating an adult. Typically, a parent or caretaker is involved and capable of providing relevant and necessary background information during almost every pediatric assessment. However, dependent upon the case and the family’s status, sufficient developmental history data is sometimes unattainable.

“Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.”

Henry Ford

“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”

George S. Patton

“Nothing pains some people more than having to think.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Koziol, L.F., Beljan, P., Bree, K., Mather, J., Barker, L. (2016). Basic Principles: Behavioral History and What It Means. In: Large-Scale Brain Systems and Neuropsychological Testing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28222-0_1

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