Henríquez Posada, NormaRestrepo Botero, Juan Carlos2012-08-302012-08-302012-08-302256-3911http://hdl.handle.net/10567/694Introduction. In 2011 the Corporación Universitaria Lasallista´s Research Group on Applied Psychology made a research work aiming to establish the prevalence of some neuropsychological syndromes among children and adolescents in Caldas, Antioquia. Keeping in mind the need to reduce the time used in neuropsychological evaluations for these groups, briefer protocols with the same efficacy to diagnose are required. Objective. To determine the relationship that exists between the results of Wechsler´s Scale subtests for children (WISC IV) and the Neuropsychological Assessment for Children (ENI in Spanish) which were performed to evaluate the executive function of 30 children with special education needs from the Unidad de Atención Integral of Caldas, in 2011. Method. A research work with a quantitative, not experimental, transverse and correlational was performed. Instruments. WISC IV and ENI subtests that evaluate executive functions. Results. There is a statistically significant relationship between WISC IV concepts and ENI´s verbal semantic fluency (fruits); similarities between WISC IV and ENI´s verbal semantic fluency (animals); matrixes of WISC IV and ENI´s graphic fluency; matrixes of WISC IV and ENI´s cognitive flexibility errors. Conclusions. From the results obtained in the sample evaluated, it is concluded that it is possible to reduce some ENI´s subtests when WISC IV is simultaneously being applied. Therefore, in these cases the ENI´s evaluation protocols verbal fluency (animals), not semantic graphic fluency and verbal fluency (fruits) are considered for not to be included. This is, nevertheless, a proposal that must be validated in a representative sample, because this work explored an intended sample.esCorporación Universitaria LasallistaFacultad de Ciencias Sociales y EducaciónEscala de inteligencia de wechsler para niños IV (WISC-IV)Evaluación neuropsicológica infantil (ENI)NeuropsicologíaFunción ejecutivaGrupo de investigación en psicología aplicadaArticle