Comparison of the bicycle drawing test with the rey osterrieth complex figure drawing test in children with neurologic deficits: A measure of validity

342 Abstracts of 16th Annual Meeting administrations of the Category Test (CAT), including the traditional Reitan Category Test (projection box), Booklet Category Test (BCT), The Short Booklet Category Test (SBCT) and four computer (IBM compatible) programs. Four hundred subjects (40 in each group), who were referred for evaluation following minor head injury, were tested for each version of the CAT. All were tested in an outpatient setting in a private neuropsychological practice, with the exception of the SBCT, which was administered to stroke patients on an inpatient rehabilitation unit. Data was collected over a 4-year period and subjects were assigned to groups on a random basis. With the exception of the SBCT group, the age range for the subjects was 20-40 and WAIS FSIQ's were used. The age range for the SBCT was 50-75 and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) was used to obtain IQ equivalent scores. Standard administration procedures were utilized for all versions, with the additional of a Booklet Category Test (BCT) nonverbal reinforcement group (Ivins & Cunningham, 1989). When effects due to age and IQ were covaried, statistical analysis indicated no significant differences among groups on the six different versions. The results, therefore, continue to suggest that alternative CAT procedures are viable options for testing for organicity, especially when physical and contextual variables limit the use of the more traditional Reitan Category Test box (Ivins & Gillman, 1994). Johnson, A., O'Toole, K., Burns, T. G., & Wagner, B. Comparison of the Bicycle Drawing Test with the Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure Drawing Test in Children with Neurologic Deficits: A Measure of Validity. This study examined the validity of the Bicycle Drawing Test (BDT) in comparison with the Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure Drawing Test (RO) in the diagnosis of constructional disorders in children with moderate to severe neurologic deficits. Twenty seven children diagnosed with congenital and acquired neurologic disorders (22 males; average age = 9; 24 fight-handed; 11 diagnosed with traumatic brain injury; 5 diagnosed with learning disabilities; 2 diagnosed with congenital disorders; 9 diagnosed with brain tumors) were evaluated on two complex and one simple figural tasks (Beery Test of Visual-Motor Integration-VMI). Scoring was performed by a research assistant blinded to purpose of study. Simple correlation suggest that the BDT's revised scoring criteria (1994) are valid measures of visuoconstructional skills. The importance of this finding is that the validation of this neuropsychological measure was conducted with a clinical pediatric population. Future research should focus on the categories of error types in the BDT and their relationship to other areas of neuropsychological functioning. Johnson, D. J., & Hartlage, L. C. Neurobehavioral Recovery Following Unilateral CVA. Rehabilitation Neuropsychologists are familiar with the neurocognitive and neurobehavioral sequelae of unilateral cerebral vascular accidents. Traditional research about neurobehavioral sequelae typically attributed to unilateral CVAs has described the "catastrophic reaction and la belle indifference" sequelae of left and right unilateral CVAs. However, recent research has indicated that both right and left CVA patients are depressed. This project studied twenty consecutive patients admitted to a regional rehabilitation hospital with a diagnosis (confirmed) of unilateral CVAs and followed these patients throughout their course of acute care rehabilitation. Neurobehavioral sequelae were measured with the qualitative version of the Behavior Change Inventory, a scale validated to measure behavioral status pre and post central nervous system insult. Findings indicated that for LCVA patients, there is an initial catastrophic level of depression which gradually dissipates at time of hospital discharge. LCVAs also have a high level of rumination which remains constant even at time of discharge. RCVAs have an initial average level of depression which gradually increases.  (...truncated)