NDLI: Assessment of Attention in Preschoolers

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Mahone, E. M. Schneider, H. E.
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	In the past two decades, there has been an increased interest in the assessment and treatment of preschool children presenting with concerns about attention problems. This article reviews the research and clinical literature involving assessment of attention and related skills in the preschool years. While inattention among preschoolers is common, symptoms alone do not necessarily indicate a disorder, and most often represent a normal variation in typical preschool child development. Thus, accurate identification of “disordered” attention in preschoolers can be challenging, and development of appropriate, norm-referenced tests of attention for preschoolers is also difficult. The current review suggests that comprehensive assessment of attention and related functions in the preschool child should include thorough review of the child’s history, planned observations, and formal psychometric testing. The three primary methods of psychometric assessment that have been used to characterize attentional functioning in preschool children include performance-based tests, structured caregiver interviews, and rating scales (parent, teacher, and clinician). Among performance-based methods for measurement of attention in the preschool years, tests have been developed to assess sustained attention, selective (focused) attention, span of attention (encoding/manipulation), and (top-down) controlled attention—including freedom from distractibility and set shifting. Many of these tests remain experimental in nature, and review of published methods yields relatively few commercially available, nationally normed tests of attention for preschoolers, and an overall dearth of reliability and validity studies on the available measures.
Starting Page	361
Ending Page	383
Page Count	23
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10407308
Journal	Neuropsychology Review
Volume Number	22
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15736660
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2012-10-23
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	ADHD Preschool Childhood Development Executive function Attention Continuous performance test Cancellation test Health Psychology Neuroradiology Neuropsychology Neurology Public Health
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
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