Co-design of the neurodevelopment assessment scale
IntroductionNeurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) have high comorbidity rates and shared etiology. Nevertheless, NDD assessment is diagnosis-driven and focuses on symptom profiles of individual disorders, which hinders diagnosis and treatment. There is also no evidence-based, standardized transdiagnos...
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| author | Tsz Ying Wong Syeda Ishra Azim Christa Lam-Cassettari Ping-I. Lin Ping-I. Lin Antonio Mendoza Diaz Antonio Mendoza Diaz Antonio Mendoza Diaz Alicia Montgomery Anne Masi Kylie-Ann Mallitt Kylie-Ann Mallitt Andrew Whitehouse Mark R. Dadds Valsamma Eapen |
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| description | IntroductionNeurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) have high comorbidity rates and shared etiology. Nevertheless, NDD assessment is diagnosis-driven and focuses on symptom profiles of individual disorders, which hinders diagnosis and treatment. There is also no evidence-based, standardized transdiagnostic approach currently available to provide a full clinical picture of individuals with NDDs. The pressing need for transdiagnostic assessment led to the development of the Neurodevelopment Assessment Scale (NAS).MethodsThis paper describes the co-design process used in the development of NAS prototype with stakeholders including individuals with NDDs, parents of children with NDDs, and health professionals.Results and discussionResults indicated stakeholder consensus that NAS would be useful for NDD assessment, and included recommendations for fine-tuning the way some questions were asked (e.g., child's diagnoses), question flow (e.g., branching logic), and the language and presentation of the prototype (e.g., readability). Stakeholders also suggested the administration protocol should be flexible using electronic, face-to-face, online formats etc. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2d8bab2b41a049e6895a1de1a0d351912025-01-28T06:41:26ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry2813-45402025-01-01410.3389/frcha.2025.14976321497632Co-design of the neurodevelopment assessment scaleTsz Ying Wong0Syeda Ishra Azim1Christa Lam-Cassettari2Ping-I. Lin3Ping-I. Lin4Antonio Mendoza Diaz5Antonio Mendoza Diaz6Antonio Mendoza Diaz7Alicia Montgomery8Anne Masi9Kylie-Ann Mallitt10Kylie-Ann Mallitt11Andrew Whitehouse12Mark R. Dadds13Valsamma Eapen14School of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UNSW Medicine & Health, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSchool of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UNSW Medicine & Health, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSchool of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UNSW Medicine & Health, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSchool of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UNSW Medicine & Health, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United StatesSchool of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UNSW Medicine & Health, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaTasmanian Centre for Mental Health Service Innovation, Tasmanian Health Service, Hobart, TAS, AustraliaSchool of Psychology, The University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, AustraliaSchool of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UNSW Medicine & Health, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSchool of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UNSW Medicine & Health, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSchool of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UNSW Medicine & Health, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaTelethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, AustraliaSchool of Psychology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSchool of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UNSW Medicine & Health, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaIntroductionNeurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) have high comorbidity rates and shared etiology. Nevertheless, NDD assessment is diagnosis-driven and focuses on symptom profiles of individual disorders, which hinders diagnosis and treatment. There is also no evidence-based, standardized transdiagnostic approach currently available to provide a full clinical picture of individuals with NDDs. The pressing need for transdiagnostic assessment led to the development of the Neurodevelopment Assessment Scale (NAS).MethodsThis paper describes the co-design process used in the development of NAS prototype with stakeholders including individuals with NDDs, parents of children with NDDs, and health professionals.Results and discussionResults indicated stakeholder consensus that NAS would be useful for NDD assessment, and included recommendations for fine-tuning the way some questions were asked (e.g., child's diagnoses), question flow (e.g., branching logic), and the language and presentation of the prototype (e.g., readability). Stakeholders also suggested the administration protocol should be flexible using electronic, face-to-face, online formats etc.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frcha.2025.1497632/fullneurodevelopmental disordertransdiagnostic assessmentco-designconsumer and community involvementpsychological assessment |
| spellingShingle | Tsz Ying Wong Syeda Ishra Azim Christa Lam-Cassettari Ping-I. Lin Ping-I. Lin Antonio Mendoza Diaz Antonio Mendoza Diaz Antonio Mendoza Diaz Alicia Montgomery Anne Masi Kylie-Ann Mallitt Kylie-Ann Mallitt Andrew Whitehouse Mark R. Dadds Valsamma Eapen Co-design of the neurodevelopment assessment scale Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry neurodevelopmental disorder transdiagnostic assessment co-design consumer and community involvement psychological assessment |
| title | Co-design of the neurodevelopment assessment scale |
| title_full | Co-design of the neurodevelopment assessment scale |
| title_fullStr | Co-design of the neurodevelopment assessment scale |
| title_full_unstemmed | Co-design of the neurodevelopment assessment scale |
| title_short | Co-design of the neurodevelopment assessment scale |
| title_sort | co design of the neurodevelopment assessment scale |
| topic | neurodevelopmental disorder transdiagnostic assessment co-design consumer and community involvement psychological assessment |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frcha.2025.1497632/full |
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