Objective: In the context of rehabilitation, neuropsychological tests in combination with Community Based Assessment (CBA) can provide an ecologically-valid perspective on cognitive functioning in daily living. This study's aim is to examine the relationships between several neuropsychological measures and scores from a CBA in development: the Community Multiple Errands Test (CoMET). Method: The study sample consisted of 13 individuals (M age= 20.9, M education= 12.4) with mixed cognitive disabilities currently participating in a full-time pre-vocational training program. Participants were first administered a battery of neuropsychological tests lasting 1.5 hours in a clinical space and later completed the CoMET assessment lasting around 45 minutes at a local grocery store. Eligibility criteria included: participation in a cognitive training program and cognitive disability identified as primary obstacle to functioning. Exclusion criteria included: Full scale-IQ below 70. Statistical analysis set alpha=. 01. Spearman-Rho coefficients with P-values were examined between demographic variables, CoMET pre-test self-awareness questions, CoMET performance measures and neuropsychological test scores. Results: Alternate Uses scores & Stroop Color-Word by estimates of CoMET accuracy (r=. 708, p=. 007; r=. 781, p=. 002). Go/No-Go and estimates of time to complete CoMET (r=. 767, p=. 002). Significance was almost reached between CoMET error score and Cognitive Estimates (r=-. 601, p=. 030). Conclusion: This study supports that relationships exist between neuropsychological tests and ability to estimate performance, and amount of errors on the CoMET for individuals with cognitive disabilities. Many relationships reached significance at alpha=. 05, more participants could support stronger statistical relationships.

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