Assessment Tools

CTMT

Comprehensive Trail-Making Test
Reynolds
People with TBI & other neurogenic disorders (esp. in the frontal lobe)
Uses shapes, numbers, and letters to test broad function
Not good for people with hemineglect
Letters might be difficult for non-readers
5-10 min
Acquired Neurogenic Cognitive-Linguistic​ Disorders

CTONI-2

Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence
Hamill
Language impaired, hearing impaired, motor problems, stroke TBI
General Intelligence
40-60 min
Acquired Neurogenic Cognitive-Linguistic Disorders

BTA

Brief Test of Attention
Schretlen
Adults
Auditory divided attention, ex: dvd
10 min or less
Acquired Neurogenic Cognitive-Linguistic Disorders

BRIEF-A

Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Functions-Adults
Roth
Adults 18-90 with attention disorders, learning disabilities, TBI
Based on self-report and informant reports to evaluate self and emotional control, initiation, working memory, planning/organizing
30 min
Acquired Neurogenic Cognitive-Linguistic Disorders

AQT

A Quick Test of Communication Abilities
Wiig & Nielsen
Anyone with cognitive processing speed difficulties​
Naming response time and accuracy
3-10 min
Cognitive Screening Tool

CLQT+

Cognitive Linguistic Quick Test
Helm-Estrabrooks
English and Spanish speaker adults 18-89 with acquired neurological dysfunction
Personal facts, naming, story retelling​, planning
FEW minutes
Cognitive Screening Tool

SCCAN

Scales of Cognitive and Communicative Abilities in Neurorehabilitation
Milman & Holland
People with cognitive communicative deficits without a diagnosis
Expression, orientation, memory, speech & reading comprehension, writing, attention, problem-solving​
No time limit (35 minutes)
Cognitive Screening Tool

RIPA-G:2

Ross Information Processing Assessment-Geriatric
Ross
Adults, 55+, MCI, AD, right CVA, & TBI
Test situational knowledge, general information, memory, temporal and spatial orientation, categorical vocabulary, listening comprehension
25 minutes
MCI, Dementia, PPA

FLCI

Functional Linguistic Communication Inventory
Bayles & Tomoeda
Adults (18-45) moderate-severe dementia
naming, comprehension of signs, object-to-picture​ matching, word reading & comprehension, reminiscing, pantomime
30 min
MCI, Dementia, PPA

ABCD

Arizona Battery for Communication Disorders of Dementia
Bayles & Tomoeda
People with dementia (mild-moderate)
Cognitive​ communication and mental status
45-60 min
MCI, Dementia, PPA

WAB

Western Aphasia Battery-Revised
Kertesz
adults & teenage children with aphasia
Tests for the type of cortical aphasia
Multidimensional Framework
15 min (bedside) - 60 min (full eval)
Aphasia

RCBA

Reading Comprehension Battery for Aphasia
LaPointe & Horner
Adolescents & Adults with aphasia
Test of silent reading, based it off the pt (do they want to read)
Approx. 1 hour
Aphasia

PPT

Pyramids and Palm Trees
Patterson
People with aphasia, visual agnosia, gen​eral semantic​ impairment
Semantic relations
Unspecified Time
Aphasia

LIV Cards

Life Interests & Values Cards
Haley
People with aphasia (any type of severity)
Someone's interests, home & community activities, creating & relaxing activities, physical & social activities, feelings, emotions
AFROM Framework
Varied time (based on the ​individual)
Aphasia

EFA

Examining for Aphasia
LaPointe & Eisenson
People with suspected aphasia or diagnosed aphasia
Language impaired base; comprehension and production
30-60 minutes
Aphasia

CADL

Communication Activities of Daily Living
Holland
People with neurogenic communication disorders (aphasia, AD, TBI) 18+
First to test functions -- communication and interaction abilities for function interaction
Approx 30 minutes
Aphasia

BNT

Boston Naming Test
Kaplan
People with aphasia or dementia; anyone with anomia
Confrontational Naming
Pinpoints dementia
15 minutes
Aphasia

BDAE

Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination
Goodglass
People with aphasia
Helps distinguish between 8 types of cortical aphasias
Multidimensional Framework
30-45 min (short) or 40-60 min (long)
Aphasia

ALA

Assessment for Living with Aphasia
Kagan
Adults with aphasia
Participation, language, environment, personal
AFROM/WHO-ICF Framework
30 min-1 hour
Aphasia

SCATBI

Scales of Cognitive Ability for Traumatic Brain Injury
Adamorich
Acquired brain injury and TBI survivors
Perception & discrimination, orientation, organization, recall, reasoning
2 hours
TBI

RIPA

Ross Information Processing Assessment
Ross
TBI Survivors
in depth
memory, orientation, recall of information, problem solving & abstract reasoning, organization, retention, auditory processing
45-60 min
TBI

FAVRES

Functional Assessment of Verbal Reasoning and Executive Strategies
MacDonald
Acquired Brain Injuries (ABI)
Everyday life reasoning and executive functioning skills and reasoning skills
High executive functioning, grad school girlies fail this
50-60 min
TBI

BADS

Behavioral Assessment of Dysexecutive Syndrome
Wilson
TBI survivors (specifically frontal lobe damage)
executive function, mental flexibility, problem-solving, abstract thinking, temporal judgment
High executive functioning, grad school girlies fail this
40 min
TBI

MIRBI

Mini Inventory of Right Brain Injury
Pimental
Adults with Right hemisphere injury
visual scanning, genera behavior, general affect
looks at nonlinguistic, linguistic, and extralinguistic skills
15-30 minutes
RBI