Category Archives - News & Articles from South County Child & Family Consultants
Last Updated March 20, 2019
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What is Cognitive Flexibility?
Cognitive flexibility is a component of executive functioning, and is the ability to switch between two
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Planning is an executive function that involves formulating, evaluating, selecting, and enacting cognitive strategies. These strategies are infinite and can
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Percentiles
Percentiles ARE NOT equivalent to scores. They are calculated based on scores, but tell us that the child
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What are Receptive Language skills? Receptive Language skills refer to a child’s ability to cognitively process and understand verbal language.
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What are Social Awareness and Social Thinking skills? Social Awareness and Social Thinking skills – refers to a child’s ability
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What is the definition of Long Term Memory? The term “Memory” is used in casual conversation to generally describe
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Organizational skills is another aspect of executive functioning and refers to how a person processes information and “stores” it in
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Verbal working memory involves the ability to remember something and to perform an activity using this memory. This skill
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Understanding the Numbers, Scores, and Terminology in Your Child’s Neuropsychological Report
Parents who bring their child to a psychologist
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What is Visual Memory? The term “Memory” is used in casual conversation to generally describe an individual’s capacity to recall,
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What are Fine Motor Skills? Fine motor movements involve grasping and manipulating objects with one’s hands. Fine motor skills require
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Attention, Concentration, and Inhibition skills are often grouped together because of their strong overlap with one another. Attention and Concentration