CLASSIFICATION OF MODERN FOREIGN METHODS OF PEDIATRIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PSYCHOMETRIC APPROACH IN THE PSYCHODIAGNOSIS OF CHILDREN

Abstract

The article deals with psychodiagnostic aspects of the terminological problem in relation to the goals and objectives of psychodiagnostics in general, and neuropsychological diagnostics, in particular. In the article we presented a comparative analysis of the procedures of psychodiagnostic and neuropsychological research, including childhood. The article described systematic foundations for classifications of methods, techniques and batteries for neuropsychological diagnosis of children aged from 0 to 18 years, with specific examples. In addition, it was presented data on non-systematized neuropsychological diagnostic tools in foreign literature. According to the results of a systematic analysis of publications, it was presented information about the most frequently used foreign methods of pediatric neuropsychological diagnosis, with a list of indications, depending of pattern of clinical tasks. It was emphasized the problem of theoretical and methodological substantiation of the development and usage of diagnostic techniques, which are developed on qualitative and psychometric approaches. And also the problems of integration of psychodiagnostic data obtained within the framework of these approaches were identified. The psychometric status of specific adaptation stages of foreign methods of pediatric neuropsychology was described.