Information Processing Assessments

Ross Information Processing Assessment - Primary [RIPA-P]

Deborah Ross-Swain

The Ross Information Processing Assessment - Primary (RIPA-P) is a valuable tool for speech pathologists in hospitals, clinics, private practice, and public schools, as well as for resource specialists and special education teachers. The RIPA-P helps identify and quantify information processing skill impairments in children ages 5 through 12 who:
   ● have had a traumatic brain injury
   ● have experienced other neuropathologies that affect information processing such as seizure disorders or anoxia
   ● exhibit learning disabilities or weaknesses that interfere with learning acquisitions or educational achievement.
RIPA-P is unique in that its norms include children who have learning disabilities, and its eight subtests allow you to assess a wide range of information processing skills, all in a single battery. Testing time is 30 minutes on an individual basis.

Ross Information Processing Assessment - Second Edition [RIPA-2]

Deborah Ross-Swain

The Ross Information Processing Assessment - Second Edition (RIPA-2) is a current revision of the popular Ross Information Processing Assessment. The addition of reliability and validity studies performed on individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major improvement in the test.
The RIPA-2 enables the examiner to quantify cognitive-linguistic deficits, determine severity levels for each skill area, and develop rehabilitation goals and objectives. The RIPA-2 provides quantifiable data for profiling 10 key areas basic to communicative and cognitive functioning: Immediate Memory, Recent Memory, Temporal Orientation (Recent Memory), Temporal Orientation (Remote Memory), Spatial Orientation, Orientation to Environment, Recall of General Information, Problem Solving and Abstract Reasoning, Organization, Auditory Processing and Retention.
Internal consistency reliability was investigated, and the mean reliability coefficient for the RIPA-2 subtests was .85. with a range of .67 to .91. This indicates that test error was minimal and that the RIPA-2 can be used with confidence. Content, construct, and criterion-related validity also were thoroughly studied. Individual administration requires about one hour, for ages 15 through 90.