Comparing in-home telehealth and in-person administration of neuropsychological measures in an outpatient pediatric sample during the COVID-19 pandemic

<b>Objective:</b> Research establishing the validity of neuropsychological assessment using telehealth (teleNP) is much needed in pediatric populations. <b>Method:</b> Current analyses compared performances on twelve common neuropsychological measures completed at home <i>via</i> teleNP or in-person during the COVID-19 pandemic in 476 youth (ages 6 to 17, M_age 11.4 ± 3.0). <b>Results:</b> No differences were found on nine measures. In-person performances on three verbal tests were ∼1 scaled score point lower (all p_adjusted <.05). Post-hoc analyses showed that the in-person pandemic performances were comparable to an in-person pre-pandemic cohort (unmasked). <b>Conclusions:</b> Overall, teleNP was comparable to in-person assessment. Results indicate that teleNP administration does not result in substantially different performance in pediatric patients undergoing clinical evaluations.