CAP/NICAP: Neurocognitive development
| Wave | W1 (CAP) | W2 (CAP) | W3 (CAP) | W3 (NICAP) | W4 (CAP) | W4 (NICAP) | W5 (CAP) | W5 (NICAP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline / screening | 18 month follow-up |
36 month follow-up |
NICAP wave 1 |
Wave 4 follow-up |
NICAP wave 2 |
Wave 5 follow-up |
NICAP wave 3 |
|
| Age | 7 years | 8.5 years | 10 years | 10 years | 11.5 years | 11.5 years | 13 years | 13 years |
| Year | 2011 – 2012 | 2013 – 2014 | 2014 – 2016 | 2014 – 2016 | 2016 – 2017 | 2016 – 2017 | 2018 – 2019 | 2018 – 2019 |
| Tics (motor or vocal) | O:DISC-IV | O:DISC-IV | O:DISC-IV | O:DISC-IV | ||||
| Developmental assessments – academic competence |
O:WRAT4 | O:WRAT4 | O:WRAT4 | O:WRAT4 | O:WRAT4 | |||
| Developmental assessments – language/communication |
O:SCQ O:CELF-4 S |
O:SCQ | O:SCQ O:CELF-4 S |
O:SCQ O:CELF-4 S |
O:SCQ O:CELF-4 S |
O:CELF-4 S | ||
| Executive functions – attention |
O:TEA-Ch 1 | O:SART | O:SART | O:SART | O:SART | |||
| Executive functions – cognitive flexibility |
O:SST | O:SST | O:SST | |||||
| Executive functions – working memory |
O:WISC-IV 2 | O:N-BACK 3 | O:N-BACK 3 | O:N-BACK 3 | O:N-BACK 3 | |||
| Executive functions – inhibitory control |
O:STOP-IT | O:STOP-IT | O:STOP-IT | O:STOP-IT | ||||
| Visual-motor integration | O:Beery VMI-6 | O:GPT | O:GPT | O:GPT | O:GPT | |||
| Intelligence | O:WASI 4 | O:WASI 5 | O:WASI 5 | O:WASI 5 | ||||
| Spatial neglect | O:LT | O:LT | O:LT | O:LT | ||||
| Pervasive developmental problems (includes autism spectrum) |
O:SCQ T:SSIS |
O:SCQ T:SSIS |
O:SCQ T:SSIS |
O:SCQ T:SSIS |
O:SCQ |
Featured measurements
Beery VMI-6: Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration – Sixth editionCELF: Clinical Evaluations of Language Fundamentals (various editions)
DISC-IV: Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children - Version IV
GPT: Grooved Pegboard Test
LT: Landmark Task
N-BACK: Spatial N-Back test
SART: Sustained Attention to Response Task
SCQ: Social Communication Questionnaire
SSIS: Social Skills Improvement System
SST: Set Shifting Task
STOP-IT: STOP-IT, computerised stop-signal task
TEA-Ch: Test of Everyday Attention for Children
WASI-II: Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence – Second Edition
WASI: Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence
WISC-IV: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fourth edition
WRAT4: Wide Range Achievement Test 4
Notes
CELF-4 S: Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Screening Test – Fourth edition
1 TEA-Ch subtests used were: Score! (auditory sustained attention) and Walk, Don’t Walk (sustained attention and response inhibition)
2 WISC-IV subtests used were: Digits forward, Digits backwards (working memory)
3 The N-BACK is a ‘spatial n-back’ task, used to assess working memory
4 WASI subtests used were: vocabulary and matrix reasoning
5 WASI subtest used was: matrix reasoning
Legend
| A | = Administration report abstraction |
| C | = Index child report (reporting on others) |
| L | = Linkage (to other databases) |
| M | = Medical records data abstraction |
| O | = Observation/direct assessment |
| N | = Nurse report |
| P | = Parent/primary caregiver report |
| Pe | = Peer report |
| S | = Self report |
| T | = Teacher report |
| X | = Undefined |
| X BF | = Pertaining to biological father |
| X BM | = Pertaining to biological mother |
| X C | = Pertaining to index child |
| X F | = Pertaining to father |
| X Fam | = Pertaining to family |
| X G | = Pertaining to grandparent(s) |
| X M | = Pertaining to mother |
| X P | = Pertaining to parent(s) |
| X Pa | = Pertaining to partner |
| X Pe | = Pertaining to peers |
| X Pr | = Pertaining to primary caregiver |
| X Si | = Pertaining to sibling(s) |