NEPSY-II - NEPSY | Second Edition

NEPSY | Second Edition

NEPSY-II

Marit Korkman, Ph.D.,Ursula Kirk, Ph.D.,Sally Kemp, Ph.D.

The NEPSY® Second Edition is the only single measure that allows clinicians to create tailored assessments across six domains, specific to a child's situation. NEPSY®-II results provide information relating to typical childhood disorders, enabling accurate diagnosis and intervention planning for success in school and at home. 

Publication date: 2007

Age range: 3 through 16 years

Scores/interpretation: Standard (Scaled) Scores; Process Scores; Behavioral Observations

Qualification level: C

Completion time: General Assessment: Preschool ages - 45 minutes; School ages - 1 hour. Diagnostic & Selective Assessment: Varies. Full Assessment: Preschool ages - 90 minutes; School ages - 2 to 3 hours

Forms: Two Forms: Ages 3 through 4; Ages 5 through 16

Norms: Nationally normed

NEPSY-II results — combined with quantifiable behavioral observations analysis during assessment and observations analysis from home and school — help clarify the nature of a child's problems and provide a basis for developing appropriate intervention recommendations.

Benefits

Assess executive functioning/attention, language, memory/learning, sensorimotor functioning, visuospatial processing, social perception.

• Vary the number of subtests according to the needs of the child.
• Link results to educational difficulties.
• Facilitate recommendations for mental health interventions.
• Obtain a comprehensive view of quantitative and qualitative patterns of neuropsychological performance.

Features

NEPSY-II is used for general, diagnostic and selective, or full assessments — from a basic overview of a child's neurological status to a full comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation.

• Extended age range through 16 years. Record Form formats included for different age ranges.
• Increased domain coverage from five to six (addition of Social Perception).
• Eight new measures of Executive Functioning, Visuospatial Processing and Memory and Learning.
• Tower replaced by three new measures of Executive Functioning: Inhibition, Clocks, and Animal Sorting.
• Enhanced psychometric properties, clinical sensitivity, and construct validity.
• Norms are now valid regardless of order of subtest administration.
• Behavioral observation profiles and case studies are included.

Sample Reports

The scores and information obtained through NEPSY-II can go from standard or scaled scores to supplemental scores to Quantitative Behavioral Observations.

NEPSY-II Clinician Sample Report

NEPSY-II Longitudinal Sample Report

NEPSY-II Parent/Teacher Sample Report