Friday, December 5, 2014

School Neuropsychology Conceptual Model (SNP Model)


Daniel C. Miller
Handbook of Educational Theories to be published by Information
Age Publishing Inc. (to be published in 2012)
Edited by Shirley Jackson, Genevieve Brown, and Rafael LaroAlecio.

In this short paper, and especially in its appendix, Dan Miller briefly introduces the SNP model for neuropsychological assessment.  This is an hierarchical model with seven broad functioning areas.  These broad classifications are further subdivided into second order classifications.  The model is based on the Cross Battery Assessment model by Flanagan, CHC model, Luria model, a process-oriented approach to assessment (Milberg, Hebben, & Kaplan), and neuropsychological theories. 

Miller and his colleagues classified various cognitive tests into the SNP model according to published correlational and factorial data.  When such data were not available, tests were classified into the SNP Model based on what the authors reported the tests were designed to measure.  The nice thing about this model is that it assesses each functioning area with different modalities (visual, auditory and motor).

The seven SNP classifications loosely parallel the CHC classifications.  Here are links I've made between CHC and SNP classifications:


SNP
CHC
Speed and efficiency
Processing speed
Executive functions
Fluid ability
Learning and memory
Long term storage and retrieval and working memory
Language
Auditory processing and comprehension knowledge
Visuospatial processess
Visuospatial processing
Attentional processess
Memory span (and more)
Sensorimotor functions
Psychomotor speed, Psychomotor ability, Kinesthetic ability, Tactile ability, Olfactory ability



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