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Systematic cognitive monitoring of children with cerebral palsy – the development of an assessment and follow-up protocol Cover

Systematic cognitive monitoring of children with cerebral palsy – the development of an assessment and follow-up protocol

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|Oct 2016

Figures & Tables

Table 1.

The proposed follow-up procedure of cognition – CP Cog – for children with CP.

AgeRationaleInstrumentsFor GMFCS I–IIIFor GMFCS IV–V5/6 yearsStarting in schoolWPPSI-III, VMI and BRIEFAdapted assessment in specialized institutions12/13 yearsSchool transitionWISC-IV, VMI and BRIEF

Notes: GMFCS, Gross Motor Functioning Classification System; WPPSI-III, Wechsler Pre-school and Primary Scale of Intelligence, third edition; WMI, Test of Visual-Motor Integration; BRIEF, Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function; WISC-IV, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, fourth version.

Figure 1.

Results from Sweden. Percentage of assessments with a Wechsler test (WPPSI-III or WISC-IV) in HabQ of children with CP GMFCS I–V at 6 and 12 years of age, development over the period 2006–2013. From 2006 to 2013, a total of 365 out of 713 children (51.2%) were assessed at 6 years of age and a total of 188 out of 524 (26.6%) of the 12-year-olds were assessed.

Language: English
Page range: 304 - 315
Submitted on: Mar 4, 2015
Accepted on: Aug 20, 2015
Published on: Oct 4, 2016
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2016 Louise Bøttcher, Kristine Stadskleiv, Torhild Berntsen, Klaus Christensen, Åsa Korsfelt, Margareta Kihlgren, Pia Ödman, published by Stockholm University Press
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