Training in Child Assessment and Attention Tests

Training in Child Assessment and Attention Tests

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

Program Overview

The child assessment tests included in this training are widely used in the field and are essential for ensuring that graduates from all disciplines possess comprehensive knowledge regarding assessment and children or adolescents.

Training Content

1. AGTE (Ankara Developmental Screening Inventory):

This is an assessment tool administered through interviews with parents. It evaluates development during the first 6 years of life across 154 items and 5 categories (language-cognitive, fine motor, gross motor, social skills-self-care, and general development). Starting from 0–3 months and continuing through the 48–72-month age range, children’s language development, cognitive skills, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, social development, and self-care skills are individually examined, observed, and scored on a monthly basis. This assessment is conducted in an environment where the parent and child are together. 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 alert parents to potential developmental delays.

2. Benton Visual Memory Test:

This is an attention-perception test applicable to individuals aged 8 and older, providing information on the individual’s attention, perception, and memory status, and enabling the identification of attention deficits. The Benton Visual Memory Test can assess figure memory both immediately and with a delay; furthermore, it distinguishes visual memory from visual perception and motor skills.

3. Bender-Gestalt Visual-Motor Perception Test:

Administered to children aged 5 years 6 months to 10 years 11 months. In addition to serving as a developmental test to assess visual-motor function in children, it helps identify mental retardation, regression, functional impairment, and organic brain damage in both adults and children, and sheds light on personality deviations, particularly in cases of regression.

4. Cattell 2a Intelligence Test:

A culture-free, international intelligence scale. It is administered to individuals ranging from 7 years and 6 months to high school age. Participants are asked to answer various question types, such as identifying the shape that continues the series or the shape that does not fit, within the allotted time.

5. Cattell 3a Intelligence Test:

An intelligence test administered to individuals with a college education. It is a culture-free, international intelligence scale. It is administered to individuals with a college education. Participants are asked to answer various question types, such as identifying the shape that continues the series or the shape that does not belong, within the allotted time.

 6. Frostig Developmental Visual Perception Test:

This test is administered to children aged 4–8, either individually or in groups. It is a perception test designed to assess children’s visual perception concepts, their ability to recognize and distinguish visual stimuli, and their capacity to interpret these stimuli in relation to prior experiences. The test can be used to identify visual perception issues in children and determine their severity, as well as to decide on an appropriate academic program.

 7. Burdon Attention Test:

Used to measure a student’s attention span. It can be administered to the entire class to identify students experiencing attention deficits throughout the academic year, or individually to assess the attention span of students believed to have difficulty focusing. It can be administered to all individuals between the ages of 10 and 20.

8. D2 Attention Test:

Administered to individuals aged 9 to 60. It was developed to assess selective attention and mental concentration. Psychomotor speed, as well as the quality of performance indicated by correct and incorrect markings, are evaluated in this test.

9. Good Enough Harris Human Drawing Test:

A drawing test administered to children aged 4–14, designed to measure cognitive development. It provides important information for identifying intellectual disabilities. It is a specialized 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 between 5 years 6 months and 6 years 0 months to determine whether they 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 an individual intelligence test administered to individuals aged 7 years and 6 months to 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 Participate in the Training

• Kindergarten Teacher,
• Preschool Teacher,
• Special Education Specialist,
• Psychologist,
• Psychological Counselor and Guidance Counselor,
• Child Development and Education Teacher/Specialist,
• Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Nurses

*Note: We do not accept applications for our training programs from anyone other than the professionals 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, counseling and guidance, or social work are eligible to apply.

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

*** Note: Professionals who graduated from institutions abroad but whose degrees have been recognized and accredited by YÖK will be accepted into our training programs. Enrollment is limited to 15 participants.

Instructor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yunus Emre Ayna

Training Duration: 2 days (16 hours)

Training Dates: Saturday, March 2, 2019 (10:00 AM – 6:00 PM)

                           Sunday, March 3, 2019 (10:00 AM – 6:00 PM)

Capacity: 15 participants. Registration is limited to the available capacity. Registration will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.

Training Fee: 500 TL

Certificate: Çadem Psychology-approved Practitioner Certificate

Payment Information

Participants must transfer the pre-registration fee of 150 TL to the IBAN number provided at the end of this announcement by February 28, 2019, with the reference “Child Assessment.” If you send the transaction receipt to the email address [email protected], our registration office 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.

Attention Participants:

For questions regarding the training, please call our Çadem Psychology Bakırköy Branch at 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 training cancellation due to a reason related to ÇADEM PSİKOLOJİ, participants’ fees will be refunded within 15 days from the date of cancellation.

Bank Account Information:

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.”