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Modified Testing

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Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology

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Altered testing procedures; Nonstandardized testing procedure

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Modified testing is the alteration of standardized test procedures in order to accommodate for physical, emotional, or behavioral characteristics of the examinee or nonideal testing environment.

Current Knowledge

Normative data for most cognitive tests are derived from standardized test procedures in a controlled environment under optimal testing conditions. It is not uncommon for these conditions to be unavailable to a clinician as a result of either characteristics of the testing situation or the physical, emotional, or behavioral characteristics of the examinee. Modified testing may need to occur, if an individual has visual, auditory, motor, sensory, or other physical limitation, which prevents the standardized procedure to occur. For example, modified testing may be needed if an individual has an orthopedic injury preventing him/her from utilizing his/her dominant hand to demonstrate constructional...

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  • Caplan, B., & Shechter, J. (1995). The role of non-standard neuropsychological assessment in rehabilitation: History, rationale and examples. In L. Cushman & M. Scherer (Eds.), Psychological assessment in medical rehabilitation. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Glen E. Getz

  2. Neuropsychology Specialty Care, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Glen E. Getz

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  1. Glen E. Getz
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Correspondence to Glen E. Getz .

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  1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

    Jeffrey S. Kreutzer

  2. Kessler Foundation, Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ, USA

    John DeLuca

  3. Independent Practice, Wynnewood, PA, USA

    Bruce Caplan

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Getz, G.E. (2018). Modified Testing. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_1216

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