SOME ASPECTS OF THE RELIABILITY OF TOUWENS EXAMINATION OF THE CHILD WITH MINOR NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION

Three studies concerning the inter-rater and test-retest reliability o f the Touwen examination are presented. The results of the first study showed that it was not possible to achieve acceptable levels of relia bility using the manual as the only reference for instruction. Althoug h the reliability estimates of the total scores were good, inter-rater reliability for the nine groups of items and the individual tasks wit hin them was poor. When methodology and interpretation of performance was agreed between observers, a second study showed that these disagre ements diminished. The third study demonstrated that the short-term st ability of total scores is good, but reliability for group and individ ual item scores remained poor.