Seminar 247
Cognitive assessment of people
with congenital deafblindness
NORDENS VELFÆRDSCENTER DANMARK
Programme
Tuesday 22nd of October
12:00
12:45-13:30
13:45–14:30
14:45-15:15
15:30-17:00
LUNCH
Henriette
Hans Erik
Jude
Anne
Flemming
Presentation and Introduction to the Network. Why do
we need to assess cognition in relation to deafblindness?
Introduction to tactile Cognition
Introduction to embodied cognition
General guidelines: Introduction to assessment in relation
to deafblindness, some fundamental definitions, and how
it all fits in with assessment of cognition in general
Wednesday 23rd of October
08:30-09:30
Flemming
09:45-10:15
10:15-10:45
Vivi
Flemming
11:00-12:00
Jude & Hans Erik
12:00-13:00
13:00-13:30
LUNCH
Emmi
13:30-14:00
Anne
14:30-17:00
Flemming & Hans Erik
General guidelines continued: Specific focus points when
assessing the cognition of people with CDB
Taking arousal in account
Brief report 1: Assessment of language development in
cdb
Feedback session 1: Why and what to measure?
Plenum discussion
Brief report 2: Accommodating the BAYLEY scale to people
with CDB
Brief report 3: The Developmental Profile used as a tool in
assessment, addressing embodied cognition
Feedback session 2: How do we make judgement about
cognition in relation to CDB? – Validity and qualification.
Group discussions
Plenum discussion
Seminar 247
Cognitive assessment of people
with congenital deafblindness
NORDENS VELFÆRDSCENTER DANMARK
Thursday 24th of October
08:30-09:00
09:00-09:30
09:45-11:15
11:15-12:00
Jude & Annika
Henrik
Flemming & Hans Erik
Brief report 4: Assessing Tactile Working Memory
Brief report 5: Assessing Executive Functioning
Feedback session 3: How do we quantify cognition in a
useful way?
Groupdiscussion
Plenum discussion
Flemming, Saskia, Hans Erik Feedback session 4: How do we implement assessment in
& Henriette
a useful way?
Plenum discussion
What next? Future work on assessment of cognition in
relation to deafblindness.
Plenum discussion
12:00
LUNCH and goodbye