Topic: Occupational Therapists — Building your toolkit
- Early Child Development Evaluations
- Preschool Age Child Evaluations
- School Age Child and Adolescent Evaluations
- Adult Evaluations
Early Child Development Evaluations
Research continues to reinforce that the early years are the most crucial in our development. When infant development requires intervention, good outcomes are increasingly possible with early action, experienced professionals, and active parents...
A number of Pearson instruments can help you identify and address developmental delays early, when intervention is most effective. These child-friendly tools range from brief screening instruments to comprehensive, in-depth assessments across a variety of domains.
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Preschool Age Child Evaluations
Help youngsters with deficits accomplish what is often their biggest goal: to be like other children and be successful participating in the larger world.
A number of Pearson instruments can help you identify and address developmental delays early, when intervention is most effective. These child-friendly tools range from brief screening instruments to comprehensive, in-depth assessments across a variety of domains.
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School Age Child and Adolescent Evaluations
Children and adolescents face unique challenges and have different needs. Appropriate screening, assessment, and intervention play an essential role in the success that these young individuals attain in family life, school, and the greater world…
Pearson is committed to providing you with a broad selection of key assessment tools and other resources across the various domains to support you in your work with children and adolescents. Our objective, standardized tests reflect the most current research and provide you with the knowledge you need to help your young clients achieve the best outcomes.
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Adult Evaluations
Changes in a loved one's cognitive condition are distressing to family members and frustrating to the client who is facing dementia or the aftermath of a traumatic head injury or stroke. Assessing a client's capacities is key to building an effective intervention program.
Pearson provides you with effective tools to help you determine how your client processes information regarding daily living skills, such as handling money, paying bills, and household chores. These reliable measures can help you set specific and individual goals with your clients who have neurological impairment, including those with dementia, mild intellectual disability, suspected Alzheimer's disease, and traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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