Psychological assessment of individuals with deafblindness

This publication gives insights to the complexity of the psychological assessment process in the field of deafblindness, deepen the knowledge in the field and expand the clinical use of psychological assessment. This report is intended to help psychologists assessing cognition – and thus be able to elaborate adapted strategies so that people with congenital deafblindness can develop their full potential.

The authors of this report are all psychologists and members of The Nordic network on Cognition in Relation to Deafblindness, which aims to promote professional competency in understanding cognitive development and identifying cognitions and their relation to learning and everyday functioning of individuals with congenital deafblindness.

The authors have also contributed with a chapter in the book Revealing hidden potentials, where the issue of assessing cognition in individuals with deafblindness is addressed from a wide range of perspectives.