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Cognitive Assessment Observation Checklist

Developed by Lydia Meem, Clinical Psychologist at Autism Understanding

Would you like to be more confident in including observations and response patterns

in your cognitive and developmental reports?

Download a free copy of our Cognitive Assessment Observation Checklist

This is a free tool for psychologists to use immediately after a cognitive or developmental assessment, to capture your observations to include in reports and when to assist with referrals for additional assessment. The checklist prompts you to consider not just the test scores, but how a child or young person approached the assessment and interacted with you, including:

rapport and interest in the assessor
eye gaze and joint attention
self-directed versus following your lead
social questions and Double Empathy Problem
response to change in routine
performance anxiety, learning difficulties, and coping with mistakes
detail focus and bottom up processing
inventing own rules and deviating from instructions
cognitive flexibility and routines
visual problem-solving and semantic categories
special interests and connection making
sensory overload and sensory seeking
high energy, impulsive, or repetitive motion
expressing dislike and absconding
spiky subtest profile

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