tests for special mental & physical abilities & disabilities

TESTS FOR SPECIAL MENTAL & PHYSICAL

ABILITIES & DISABILITIES

BY:- FIROZ QURESHIDEPT. PSYCHIATRIC NURSING

Mental abilities generally known as higher mental function like intelligence, orientation, memory, attention, concentration, abstract thinking, judgment and insight.

INTRODUCTION

DEFINITIONPhysical and mental ability: it is the quality of

being able to perform physical and mental acts.-dictionary

Physical and mental disability: the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness.

-dictionary

DOMAINS OF MENTAL FUNCTIONSDOMAINS TESTSIntellectual functions Bhatia’s battery performance testLanguage functions Multilingual Aphasia Examination

Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination

Sensory-perceptual functions Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery

Tactual Performance Test and Sensory Perceptual Examination

DOMAINS OF MENTAL FUNCTIONSDOMAINS TESTS

Executive functions Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Stroop Test

Trail Making Test

Block Design Subtests

Visuospatial processing Hooper Visual Organization Test

Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure-Copy condition

Block Design Tests

Motor speed and strength Finger Tapping Task

BHATIA’S PERFORMANCE BATTERY OF TEST

It has five subtests:i. Koh’s Block Design Testii. Alexander Passalong test: It was a component of W. P. Alexander’s Performance

scale. This allocated children aged 11 to different types of secondary school.

The child moved the blocks around a tray to match a predetermined design.

The test was devised in 1937. It was published by the University of London Press the

same year.

BHATIA’S PERFORMANCE BATTERY OF TEST

iii. Pattern Drawing Test

iv.Immediate Memory of Sounds: In the memory test, consonants or digits are to be repeated in the same order first and then backwards.

BHATIA’S PERFORMANCE BATTERY OF TEST

Picture Completion Test: Five pictures cut out into 2,4,6 or 12 parts are to be assembled in the shortest possible time to gain maximum scores.

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST)

It is a neuropsychological test of "set-shifting", i.e. the ability to display flexibility in the face of changing schedules of reinforcement.

The WCST was written by David A. Grant and Esta A. Berg.

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST)

TRAIL MAKING TEST

BLOCK DESIGN TEST 

TESTS FOR MENTAL DISABILITY

DENVER DEVELOPMENT SCREENING TEST

Commonly known as the Denver Scale, is a test for screening cognitive and behavioral problems in preschool children. It was developed by William K. Frankenburg and first introduced by him and Josiah.B. Dobbs in 1967.

The DENVER II (1992) is a revision and update of the Denver Developmental Screening Test, DDST (1967).

DENVER DEVELOPMENT SCREENING TEST

Purpose:To identify the developmental delay in

preschoolers.To assist neurological function and to

detect neurological Problem like cerebral palsy.

To detect problem in early infancy like growth and development.

DENVER DEVELOPMENT SCREENING TEST

The general functions assessed through this test

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Goodenough–Harris Draw-a-Person test

Psychological projective personality or cognitive test used to evaluate children and adolescents for a variety of purposes.

Developed originally by florence goodenough in 1926, this test was first known as the goodenough draw-a-man test.

Physically ability tests The PAT is designed to stimulate specific

job duties.The tests are physically demanding &

could cause injury who is not physically fit.

Before PAT one must undergo risk assessment.

Physically ability tests To evaluate the overall performance there are 5 physically demanding tests.

Physically ability tests

Grip strength test

SUMMARY & CONCLUSION

“RAISE YOUR QUALITY STANDARDS AS HIGH AS YOU CAN LIVE WITH, AVOID WASTING YOUR TIME ON ROUTINE PROBLEMS, AND ALWAYS TRY TO WORK AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE AT THE BOUNDARY OF YOUR ABILITIES. DO THIS, BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY WAY OF DISCOVERING HOW THAT BOUNDARY SHOULD BE MOVED FORWARD.”  ― EDSGER W. DIJKSTRA