Assessment and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders: From nosographic diagnoses to functional diagnoses

Journal title RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA
Author/s Santo Di Nuovo
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2022/4
Language Italian Pages 6 P. 69-74 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/rip2022oa15629
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The assessment and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders involve functional rather than nomothetic, dimensional rather than categorical criteria, as required by the ICF model. These criteria, based on a multifactorial approach, also include emotional and motivational aspects and allow the frequent comorbidities in neurodevelopmental disorders to be weighed in the diagnosis.A few examples of functional impairment involved in different diagnostic categories are mentioned, e.g., temporal processing or attention and concentration deficits. The training processes require a transdisciplinary approach, to be implemented in future psychologists through the professional training required by the new habilitating degrees.

Keywords: ; neurodevelopment; psychological diagnosis; assessment; rehabilitation; Citizenship Education

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Santo Di Nuovo, Valutazione e trattamento dei disturbi del neurosviluppo: dalle diagnosi nosografiche a quelle funzionali in "RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA" 4/2022, pp 69-74, DOI: 10.3280/rip2022oa15629