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Welcome to our Pearson Assessment UK blog. My name is Simone Lewendon and I am the Marketing Communications Manager for Pearson Assessment.
With the help of my sales and marketing colleagues, I will be keeping you updated with details of all our latest news, events and announcements via this blog.
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Category Archives: Psychology
Exploiting digital for depression and dementia, Guest blog post from Lola Oyelayo Director of Strategy & User Experience at Head
In November 2015 we were invited to present at Pearson’s Digital Technology in Psychology Conference. This conference was designed to provide a forum for psychology professionals to talk about the impact digital is having on research and clinical practice. As … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Psychology, Q-interactive
Tagged assistive technology, dementia, Depression, digital assessment, Pearson Assessment, PsychCorp, Psychology, technology
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Pressing the ‘on’ switch – the digital future of assessment
Google the term ‘digital technology’ and the most common phrase you’ll see is ‘How digital technology will change the way we work’. With greater access to developments in digital technology the way we interact on a personal, social and business level is changing on a daily basis. Continue reading
Posted in Health, Psychology, Q-interactive
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More funding has just been announced for children’s mental health services, but there’s a long way to go…
Fergal Roche, CEO of The Key, writes about school leaders’ concerns about pupil wellbeing At the end of last month, the government announced that it is to invest £143 million in improving children’s mental health services in England this year … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Posts, Psychology
Tagged children and young people, Education, Mental health, Schools, The Key
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Summer tips for Cogmed Working Memory Training
Summer can be an ideal time to start Cogmed Working Memory Training. Students are home from school and have the time and ability to complete the Cogmed program. In order to help you succeed with Cogmed, we have put together a list of tips and articles that will get everyone talking about their memory during the summer months. Continue reading
Posted in Cogmed, Education, Health, Posts, Psychology
Tagged Assessment, Cogmed, Darren Dunning, Schools, summer holidays, training, working memory
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Online Working Memory Week returns for 2014
A week-long series of free online seminars from experts on the topic of working memory Online Working Memory Week is back for 2014, with a host of free online seminars from leading experts and professionals working in the field of … Continue reading
Posted in Cogmed, Education, Events, Health, Posts, Psychology
Tagged Assessment, Cogmed, Cogmed Working Memory Training, events, pearson, Pearson Assessment, PsychCorp, Seminars, webinar, working memory
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The Future of Psychology – Join our talk at UCLan on 1st October
Join the School of Psychology at UCLan and Pearson Assessment on the 1st October from 3.00pm to 5:0opm to hear leading psychology lecturers discuss the future of digital psychology; and learn about Pearson Assessment’s exciting new iPad based assessment platform … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Posts, Psychology, Q-interactive
Tagged Assessment, events, future, HelloQ, innovation, ipad, Pearson Assessment, PsychCorp, Psychology, Q-interactive, technology, UCLan
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Discover Webinars on Q-interactive
Join us this June and July when we start our series of ‘Discover’ webinars, which give you the opportunity to see how specific assessments can be delivered via Q-interactive. With a live demonstration of key subtests and time for Q&A this free … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Posts, Psychology
Tagged assess, Assessment, BPS, demos, digital assessment, events, Health and Wellbeing, HelloQ, ipad, pearson, Pearson Assessment, PsychCorp, Psychology, Q-interactive, webinar, wechsler
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European Brain Council talks about the ‘Year of the Brain’
Did you know that 2014 is the Year of the Brain? When we found out, we wanted to know more, and asked the European Brain Council (EPC) to let us know what this year will involve. With the support of over 200 patient, … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Posts, Psychology
Tagged brain, dementia, EPC, neurology, neuroscience, psychiatry, Psychology, Year of the Brain
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Innovation in Digital Healthcare – Launch Pad Talk at BPS Conference
Join us this May at the BPS Annual Conference in Birmingham for our first ‘launch pad’ talk. Here we will be talking about Innovation in Digital Healthcare, and the launch of Q-interactive. Click on the image below to find out more … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Posts, Psychology
Tagged Assessment, BPS, events, Exhibitions, HelloQ, ipad, Pearson Assessment, PsychCorp, Psychology, Q-interactive, Tablet, wais, wechsler, wisc
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A look at our recent ADOS-2 clinical workshops
This month our 3rd ADOS-2 Clinical Workshop (now endorsed by the College of Occupational Therapists) was held at our London offices. It went ahead despite the floods, train lines being swamped and the prospect of yet another tube strike! Luckily … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Health, Posts, Psychology
Tagged ADOS-2, autism, Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, children and young people, College of Occupational Therapists, CPD, events, Fiona Scott, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy, pearson, Pearson Assessment, PsychCorp, Psychology, Spectrum Specialist Consultancy Ltd, Speech and Language Therapists, training
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