COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT TOOLS

Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test-Third Edition
(RBMT-3)

Authors: Barbara A Wilson, Eve Greenfield, Linda Clare, Alan Baddeley, Janet Cockburn, Peter Watson, Robyn Tate, Sara Sopena, and Rory Nannery

Assesses memory problems encountered in everyday life
Detect impairment of everyday memory
Adult 16 - 64, elderly adults 65 - 96 and children 11 - 15
Individual administration
25 minutes

Description:

Identify everyday memory problems and monitor change over time, and assess a wider range of ability

The Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test-Third Edition (RBMT-3) is an internationally renowned, highly sensitive, ecological test of gross memory impairment. It is designed to predict everyday memory problems in people with acquired, nonprogressive brain injury and to monitor their change over time.

What’s new with RBMT-3

Updated stories that assess a person’s ability to absorb verbal information
Enhanced user-friendliness with easy-to-use record forms that provide visual representation of participant’s strengths and needs
Expanded clinically utility with the inclusion of case studies to aid in interpretation and an Intervention chapter

Additional subtests

The new Novel Task subtest assesses the ability of a person to learn a new skill, an accomplishment critical for everyday functioning
The pictures in the Face Recognition subtest have been expanded to ensure the test better represents a multi-racial society