Training in Child Assessment Tests

Training in Child Assessment and Attention Tests

The primary aim is to equip participants with the knowledge and skills required for the theoretical understanding, reporting and clinical application of tests administered to children and adolescents. 

Course Overview

The child assessment tests covered in this course are widely used in the field and are key tools that will help graduates from all disciplines gain a comprehensive understanding of assessment and children or adolescents.

Educational Content

1. AGTE (Ankara Developmental Screening Inventory): an assessment tool administered through interviews with parents. It evaluates development during the first six years of life across 154 items and five categories (language and cognitive, fine motor, gross motor, social skills and self-care, and general development). Children’s language development, cognitive skills, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, social development and self-care skills are examined and observed individually on a monthly basis, starting from 0–3 months up to the 48–72-month age range, and scored accordingly. This assessment is conducted in an environment where the child is present with their parents. The key objective is to obtain the most accurate information about the child. The results provide systematic insights into the child’s overall development and highlight any potential developmental delays.

2. Benton Visual Memory Test: An attention-perception test that can be administered to individuals aged 8 and over, providing information on the individual’s attention, perception and memory, and enabling the detection of attention deficits.  The Benton Visual Memory Test can assess figure memory both immediately and after a delay; furthermore, it is able to distinguish visual memory from visual perception and motor skills.

3. Bender Gestalt Visual-Motor Perception Test: This test is administered to children aged between 5 years and 6 months and 10 years and 11 months. In addition to being used as a developmental test to assess visual-motor function in children, it also helps to identify mental retardation, regression, loss of function and organic brain damage in both adults and children, and sheds light on personality abnormalities, particularly in cases of regression.

4. Cattell 2a Intelligence Test: a culture-free, international intelligence scale. It is administered to individuals aged between 7 years and 6 months and those of secondary school age. Participants are asked to answer various types of questions, such as identifying the shape that follows the pattern or the shape that does not fit, within the allotted time.

5. Catell 3a Intelligence Test: An intelligence test administered to individuals with a university education. It is a culture-free, international intelligence scale. It is administered to individuals with a university education. Participants are required to answer various question types, such as identifying the shape that continues the sequence or the shape that does not fit, within the allotted time.

6. Frostig Developmental Visual Perception Test: Administered to children aged 4–8, either individually or in groups. This is a perception test designed to assess children’s visual perception, specifically their ability to recognise, distinguish and interpret visual stimuli in relation to their prior experiences. The test can be used to identify visual perception problems in children and determine their severity, with a view to deciding on an appropriate academic programme.

 7. Burdon Attention Test: This test is used to measure a student’s attention span. It can be administered to the whole class to identify pupils experiencing attention deficits during the academic year, or individually to assess the attention span of pupils thought to have difficulty concentrating. It is suitable for all individuals aged between 10 and 20.

8. D2 Attention Test: Administered to individuals aged 9–60. It was developed to assess selective attention and mental concentration. Psychomotor speed, the number of correct and incorrect marks, and the quality of performance are evaluated in this test.

9. Good Enough Harris Figure Drawing Test: A drawing test administered to children aged 4–14, designed to measure cognitive development. It provides important information for identifying intellectual disability. It is a specialised test based on the premise that children’s pictorial representations reveal their perceptions of themselves and others, and that intelligence can be assessed through the drawn human figure.

10. Metropolitan School Readiness Test: A test administered to children aged between 5 years 6 months and 6 years 0 months, designed to determine whether children are ready for school, the rules required by school, and learning. The Metropolitan School Readiness Test consists of six subtests—word comprehension, sentences, general knowledge, matching, numbers and copying—and a total of 100 items.

11. Porteus Maze Test: This is used as an individual intelligence test for individuals aged between 7 years 6 months and 14 years. Designed to assess planning ability and general intelligence, the test consists of 12 maze cards. There is no time limit for the test.

Who Can Attend the Training 

Nursery School Teachers,

Pre-school Teachers,

Special Education Specialists,

Psychologists,

Psychological Counsellors and Guidance Teachers,

Child Development and Education Teachers/Specialists,

Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Nurses

*Note: We do not accept registrations for our training programmes from any professionals other than those listed above. However, individuals who do not hold a bachelor’s degree in the aforementioned fields but are pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree in fields such as psychology, counselling and guidance, or social sciences will be accepted onto our training programmes.

**Note: Third-year and final-year students from the departments listed above will be accepted.

*** Note: Professionals who have graduated from overseas but whose qualifications have been recognised by YÖK and whose diplomas have been granted equivalence will be accepted onto our courses. Places are limited to 15.

Trainer: Assoc. Prof. Dr Yunus Emre Ayna

Duration: 2 days (16 hours) 

Training dates: Saturday 29 June 2019 (10.00 – 18.00)

                      Sunday 30 June 2019 (10.00 – 18.00)

Capacity: 15 participants. Registration is subject to availability. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Course Fee: 600 TL 

Certificate: Çadem Psychology-approved Practitioner Certificate

Payment Details

• Participants are required to transfer the pre-registration fee of 150 TL to the IBAN number provided at the end of this notice by 15 June 2019, using the reference ‘Child Assessment’. If you send the payment receipt to the email address [email protected], our registration team will contact you with the training form and keep you informed about the process.
• You may pay the remaining balance upon arrival at the institution at the start of the training.

For the attention of participants:

If you have any questions regarding the training, please call our Çadem Psychology Bakırköy Branch on 0212 570 06 07.

Requests for participation, cancellation, or refunds of the training fee will not be accepted after the registration date specified in the training content.

In the event of a cancellation due to a reason attributable to ÇADEM PSİKOLOJİ, participants’ fees will be refunded within 15 days of the cancellation date. 

Bank Account Details:

Participants are kindly requested to make their payments to the İş Bankası account with the IBAN number "TR47 0006 4000 0011 0062 6542 76" in the name of "Çadem Psychology".