Describe the Methods of Assessment

The four general principles outlined above, that is, adaptation, brain and behaviour, context, and development serve as the foundation for the specific methods of assessment used by child neuropsychologists.

Although neuropsychological assessment is equated with the administration of a battery of tests designed to assess various cognitive skills, the most typical combination of methods involves the collection of historical information, behavioural observations and psychological investigations which together permit a border and a detailed characterisation of neuropsychological functioning.