Early and accurate assessment is essential when evaluating a suspected brain injury. Whether the injury is classified as mild, moderate, or severe, the clinical evaluation process plays a vital role in guiding diagnosis, treatment planning, and long-term care. This page provides an overview of widely used and emerging tools that clinicians may utilize to assess traumatic brain injury (TBI), acquired brain injury (ABI), and concussion.

Click on any tool below to explore its purpose, process, and how it may support accurate detection and recovery monitoring.

• Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
• Emerging Unified Framework (CBI-M)
• Initial Cognitive Exam/Assessment
• HTEC (Head Trauma Events Characteristics)
• Neuropsychological Testing
  • Awareness of Social Inference Test (TASIT)
  • Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test (GOAT) and Children’s Orientation and Attention Test (COAT)
  • ImPACT (Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing)
  • King-Devick Test (K-D)
  • Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) & Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
  • Neuropsychological Battery(NAB)
  • Performance Validity Tests
  • Post-Concussion Symptom Scales/Graded Symptom Checklist
  • SCAT 5/Child SCAT5
  • Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC)
  • Structured Interviews and Symptom Scale
  • Trail Making Test (TMT)
  • Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale- Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV)
• Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire (RPQ)