PSYC 676 NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS OVERVIEW The goal of the current assignment is to summarize and describe key issues concerning the practice of neuropsychological assessment as well as to approximate the experience of delivering an oral presentation in front of an audience

PSYC 676 NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT PRESENTATION

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

OVERVIEW

The goal of the current assignment is to summarize and describe key issues concerning the practice of neuropsychological assessment as well as to approximate the experience of delivering an oral presentation in front of an audience.

Neuropsychological assessment is used in both research and clinical settings in order to investigate how the human brain works and how to help people diagnosed with neuropsychological diseases/disorders. This assignment will provide you with an understanding of how neuropsychological assessment is conducted and utilized for both basic and applied purposes.

INSTRUCTIONS

Presentation Content

Regarding the content of your presentation, you will utilize the following sources: 1) the textbook, 2) the course presentation(s), and 3) at least 1 additional peer-reviewed, scholarly source to address the following issues:

e The goals of neuropsychological assessment

e Atleast 3 chief issues that changed/shaped the current practice of neuropsychological assessment

e The stages of neuropsychological assessment (putting theory into practice)

e In addition to the above issues, choose one neuropsychological disease/disorder, describe its main diagnostic criteria/clinical features, and briefly discuss one neuropsychological assessment test or tool that typically is used to diagnose or evaluate it.

Presentation Format

e Include a title slide, content slides, and a reference slide.

e Include some relevant and engaging graphics in your presentation.

e Avoid overloading your slides with either text or graphics.

e Remember the following rule of thumb when creating your slides—Less is more! You do

not want to make a presentation that is busy, brash, or confusing.

e After creating the slides, narrate the slides as if you were standing in front of an audience. If you need help learning how to narrate the slides, there are many helpful, online tutorials.

o Speak in a clear, audible voice

o Utilize precise pronunciation of terms

o Speak with fluctuation in volume and inflection to maintain audience interest and to emphasize key points.

e The presentation must be 5—7 minutes long.

e Follow current APA formatting guidelines for title, citations, and references.

e Make sure that the sources on the references slide(s) match the sources cited in the body of the presentation.

Writing and Organization

e Write in a scholarly writing style with a formal, graduate-level tone

e Beconcise, not wordy

e Organize your ideas logically

e Utilize appropriate grammar, diction and punctuation

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

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