Visual habituation paradigm with adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities : a new way for cognitive assessment?
Chard, Melissa
Visual habituation paradigm with adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities : a new way for cognitive assessment? - Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 27 (5) 2014: 481-488 .
Notes that the use of common psychological assessment tools is invalidated with persons with PIMD. The aim of this study was to test the feasibility of using a visual habituation procedure with a group of adults with PIMD, to develop a new theoretical and practical framework for the assessment of cognitive abilities.
ASSESSMENT
SEVERE PROFOUND AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES
VISUAL PERCEPTION
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
COGNITIVE SKILLS
ADULTS
Visual habituation paradigm with adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities : a new way for cognitive assessment? - Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 27 (5) 2014: 481-488 .
Notes that the use of common psychological assessment tools is invalidated with persons with PIMD. The aim of this study was to test the feasibility of using a visual habituation procedure with a group of adults with PIMD, to develop a new theoretical and practical framework for the assessment of cognitive abilities.
ASSESSMENT
SEVERE PROFOUND AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES
VISUAL PERCEPTION
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
COGNITIVE SKILLS
ADULTS