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What Is The Difference Between A Neuropsychologist, A Psychologist And A Psychotherapist?
Neuropsychologists are specialized psychologists qualified to make a neuropsychological diagnosis...
The Main Reasons To Pursue Psychotherapy
As detailed above, the goal of psychotherapy is to intervene with people who are experiencing distress, psychological difficulties and / or emotional disorders such as...
The Main Reasons To Pursue A Neuropsychological Assessment
The assessment of the cognitive profile aims to identify the architecture of the cognitive organization of the individual...
What Is A School Exemption?
A school exemption is a special measure granted by the school board to allow a child to start preschool (kindergarten) ...
What Is Giftedness?
Giftedness, or high potential, historically only referred to an intelligence quotient (IQ), usually 130 and above (1). Today, it is accepted to consider the existence of several gifted profiles...
What Is Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)?
As of May 2013, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) includes conditions that used to be known as autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Unspecified Pervasive...
What Is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/HD)?
ADD/HD is not a new disorder, it has been referred to for over a century (1). ADD/HD is a neurodevelopmental disorder that...
What Is Tourette syndrome (TS)?
Tourette Syndrome (TS) is characterized by the presence of motor tics and at least one vocal tic. Tics develop during childhood and persist throughout life to varying degrees of perception...
Clumsiness or Dyspraxia?
DCD results in a disorder, of varying severity, in the planning and coordination of the movements necessary for the execution of a voluntary action (1). It is a specific disorder affecting the development of gestural skills...
What Is Nonverbal Learning Disorder (NLD)?
Nonverbal Learning Disorder (NLD) is a recognized clinical entity, but the understanding of which is still difficult (1). It is believed to be a developmental disorder...
What Is Language Development Disorder (LDD), also known as Dysphasia?
Developmental Dysphasia is a functional disorder of language...
What Is Dyslexia / Dysorthography?
Dyslexia with or without Dysorthography is a neurodevelopmental learning disability specific to reading or writing. Deficits cannot be explained by other cognitive impairment...
What is Dyscalculia?
Dyscalculia is a neurodevelopmental learning disorder that results from neurological impairment leading to specific dysfunction in number processing and absent calculation in the absence of other cognitive impairment...
What Is Traumatic brain injury (TBI)?
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an injury to the brain that disrupts the functioning of the intracranial nervous system. This trauma is usually the result of an impact causing the brain...
What Is Intellectual Disability?
Intellectual disability (ID) is a disorder that appears in early childhood, and refers to severe and permanent difficulties in acquiring the behaviours and learning necessary to live independently....
