A Review of how neuropsychological assessment can be used together with imaging techniques in the diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders for the purpose of education.

-ESSAY 1500 words

-Review how neuropsychological assessment can be used together with imaging

techniques in the diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders for the purpose of education.Steps: Preparation

1- Choose few common neurodevelopmental disorders

2- Collect literature on Neuropsychological assessment and imaging techniques utilized in diagnosis of these disorders

3-Demonstrate through research studies how diagnosis based on these two assessments help educating children with these disorders.Discuss few developmental disorders

For Example: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2015) classify these special needs as Neuro-Developmental Disorders (NDD) and describe them as psychiatric diseases that are observed early on in childhood and adolescence. The DSM-5 has classified NDDs into intellectual disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, communication disorders, motor disorders, autism spectrum disorder, and specific learning disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 2015)……………

For the purpose of this essay, we will concentrate on Communication Disorders and their most common sub-type- Language Disorders. Developmental Language Disorders (DLD) are some of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders, with an estimated prevalence of 7.5% in children, and are often seen to persist into adulthood (Norbury et al., 2016).

Discuss how diagnosis of these disorders are crucial in planning education

For Example: With advancements in neuroimaging techniques and the categorization of disorders based on their neurocognitive markers, the neuropsychologist now has an important role in academic planning (Yeates, 2009)…………………..

Critically discuss how neuropsychological assessment and imaging techniques facilitate the diagnosis and impacts educational planning.

For Example: Advancements made in neuroscience has allowed for neuropsychologists to get a clearer insight into the workings of the brain through imaging techniques, and thereby understand how the smallest anomalies in how the brain is structured, reflect in various disorders (Humphrey & Satz, 2020). These findings have been applied in the construction of neuropsychological assessments (NPA), which are then administered in the education system to assess developmental delays (Thomas et al., 2019)…………………………..

Conclude methodological issues in using these assessment to facilitate education

For Example: Criticisms of the neuropsychological approach to treatment intervention reflect that neuropsychologists are usually not trained in educational programs (Humphrey & Satz, 2020). Hence, they find it difficult to incorporate their findings into academic planning appropriately. Another critique is that the neuropsychological assessment is extremely lengthy because of the extensive number of assessed domains (Humphrey & Satz, 2020)…………………………..

Such inconsistencies within the neuroscience community have led to the questionable reliability of the research…………….