Screening and assessment

The two-step screening and assessment process can be used by clinicians to screen for a client’s risk of, and then assess for, cognitive impairment.

  1. Use the alcohol and drug cognitive enhancement (ACE) screening tool to identify people who are at risk.
  2. If someone is at risk, then use the brief executive function assessment tool (the BEAT) to identify cognitive impairment.

Screening

The brief and simple 12-item ACE screening tool can be administered by alcohol and drug clinicians to identify clients at risk of cognitive impairment.

ACE screening tool and user guide
(PDF 516.7 KB)
ACE screening tool extract
(PDF 262.7 KB)

Read about how the screening tool was developed (PDF, 1.1MB)

Brief Executive Function Assessment Tool (BEAT)

Training video 1 - Giving the BEAT

Training video 2 - Scoring the BEAT

BEAT administration and scoring guide
(PDF 526.5 KB)
BEAT stimulus card
(PDF 248.1 KB)
BEAT record form
(PDF 579.1 KB)
BEAT response form
(PDF 691.0 KB)

Read about how the BEAT was developed (PDF, 1.2MB)

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