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The ANSER* System
(Aggregate Neurobehavioral Student Health and Educational Review)
Designed for use by clinicians and educators, the ANSER system consists of questionnaires to be completed by parents, school personnel and students themselves. These materials offer a unique method for gathering information about a child with learning difficulties. The ANSER system spans three age groups (3-5 years, 6-11 years and 12+ years) and covers topics such as family history, health problems, early development, early educational experience, skills and interests, attention control problems and associated strengths. Other materials include follow-up questionnaires to assist the clinician and educator in assessing progress in the areas of concern.
 

Neurodevelopmental Examinations
PEEX 2 (Pediatric Early Elementary Examination) for 6 to 9 year-olds
PEERAMID 2 (Pediatric Examination of Educational Readiness At Middle Childhood) for 9 to 15 year-olds
These examinations have been designed to provide standardized observation procedures - techniques that can be applied in health-care settings to help clinicians characterize children's functional health and its relationship to their neurodevelopmental and physical status. Each kit contains an Examiner's Manual, a Record Form, a Stimulus Booklet and other materials needed to assess a child's performance in different areas of development. Parent forms for the PEEX 2 and the PEERAMID 2 have been designed to increase parents' insight into their child's behavior and elicit information that may be useful to the examiner.
 

The STRANDS
(The Survey of Teenage Readiness and Neurodevelopmental Status)
The Survey of Teenage Readiness and Neurodevelopmental Status (STRANDS), developed by Melvin D. Levine, M.D., and Stephen R. Hooper, Ph.D., is a new assessment tool that provides an overview of an adolescent's own perceptions of his or her functioning and performance strategies across a variety of neurocognitive and psychosocial domains.

The STRANDS will provide clues and guidance to the clinician, counselor, teacher, or researcher about how students from ages 13 to 19 process information and function in school. The STRANDS can be used to suggest areas of adolescent functioning that require more detailed evaluation and follow-up, and can provide additional guidance in selecting follow-up measures. Responses can indicate specific teaching and/or counseling strategies for students regarding their perceived strengths and weaknesses.
 
 
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Last Update: 07/07/2003 by Wordsmith & Co.
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