Overview
Children are referred to the Neuropsychology Program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center for neurologically based cognitive and behavior problems. Areas assessed may include:
- Intellectual and academic functioning
- Language
- Visual-spatial skills
- Memory
- Attention
- Processing speed
- Executive functioning
- Sensorimotor functioning
- Behavioral and emotional adjustment
Referrals are received from a variety of sites, both within and outside Cincinnati Children's. Our most common referrals are for children with a variety of medical diagnosis, including but not limited to:
- Traumatic brain injury
- Perinatal stroke
- Sickle cell disease
- Epilepsy
- Neurosurgical interventions
- Brain tumors
- Other genetic and metabolic disorders
