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Therapy Associates has always been proud to provide psychoeducational assessments that are complete and comprehensive. Our comprehensive assessments identify critical issues that assist parents and teachers in addressing the needs of children. It is our belief that an evaluation should include measures of general cognitive ability, measures of specific cognitive strengths and weaknesses, measures of behavioral and emotional factors, measures of academic achievement, a review of relevant history, significant and helpful conclusions explaining the results of the tests, and recommendations to parents and teachers that are specific, useful and practical.

While specific assessment protocol will differ depending on the age and needs of each child, a typical assessment (in English) from Therapy Associates includes:

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV - Integrated (WISC -IV Integrated)
Selected subtests of the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities - Revised (WJ-III: C)
Selected subtests of the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement - Revised (WJ-III: A)
The Wechsler Individual Achievement Test
The Brown ADD Scales (for children, adolescents or adults)
The Conners' Parent Rating Scale - Revised: Long Version (CPRS-R:L)
The Conners' Teacher Rating Scale - Revised: Long Version (CTRS-R:L) (Optional)
The Conners' Adolescent Self-Report (CASS:L)
The Beck Anxiety Inventory for Youth
The Beck Self-Confidence Inventory for Youth
The Beck Anger Inventory for Youth
The Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale or the Kovacs Child Depression Inventory
The Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA), a computer-based continuous performance test designed to assess attentional control, for assessment of attentional disorders
A detailed and comprehensive social/educational/medical history
A detailed list of suggestions of strategies to be implemented at home by parents, caretakers and children
A detailed list of suggestions of strategies to be implemented at school by teachers and support staff.

Upon completion of the testing, a report is prepared and a debriefing session is held in which the psychologist presents the assessment results to the child, the parents, and the teacher (upon parents' request). In this meeting, cognitive strengths and weaknesses are defined and any special needs related to cognitive, educational, social or emotional functioning are addressed. Parents and teachers are encouraged to consult with the psychologist as needed in the implementation of specific strategies.

At Therapy Associates, psychoeducational testing and the preparation of reports and recommendations are performed or supervised by Dr. Jadis Blurton. Dr. Blurton has a Master's Degree and Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology, as well as a Master's Degree in Special Education. She is also licensed as a Clinical Psychologist in the United States. Prior to coming to Hong Kong nine years ago, she worked in a number of settings. She taught classes in child development, cognitive development and educational psychology at the University of California and California State University for several years. Later, she practiced clinically and directed a children's diagnostic clinic for learning and attentional disorders in West Virginia. She also has several years' experience as a classroom teacher and is the parent of six children. As a graduate student, Dr. Blurton worked with highly gifted students at the Project for the Study of Academic Precocity and was director of the project's assessment clinic. Dr. Blurton serves on the Executive Committee of F.O.C.U.S. (Focus on Children's Understanding in Schools) and is the Vice-President of the Hong Kong Psychotherapy Society.