
“How our Kids Learn, Part A: IQ’s and Neuropsychological Testing” – with Dr. Marla Baum PsyD
Healthful Woman Podcast
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Is There a Reason to Do Neuro Psychological Testing?
All kids get some form of an ec test right in school, measures whether not everyone knows the number. If a child's performance is not matching his or her cognitive abilities as defen this test, there might be reason to do nero psychological testing. The icu itself is the average of five different domains of functioning. An average is only a meaningful number if there isn't too much variability between all the numbers going in. But most of the time, what i see in my practice is the big splits between really, really strong language skilled and weak visual spatial skills. And that can lead to a whole host of issues for children.
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