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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.
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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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Who’s talking about digital technology in psychology? A look at our first conference in York.
When set the challenge of creating a Digital Technology in Psychology conference, my first response was excitement. It’s such a wide subject there’s bound to be lots to talk about – let’s get everyone involved…this however was closely followed by … Continue reading
Simple Steps to Unleash Strengths
Have you, ever read a research-based report and thought, “I don’t recognise this person, are you sure you wrote about the right person?”
This was the premise of a session I attended at the American Occupational Therapy (AOTA) conference in April titled: Strengths-Based Coaching: Learn how to Implement this Evidence Based Practice. Continue reading
Posted in Education, Health, Posts
Tagged Clinical, Education, Occupational Therapy, Pearson Assessment, Winnie Dunn
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Free SEN Breakfast Event this May
Pearson Assessment invites you to join a breakfast meeting on the topic of SEN Reforms and the EHCPs on the 22nd May in Central London. Keynote speaker Malcolm Reeve, Director of Education for Special Needs and Disabilities, Academies Enterprise Trust … Continue reading
‘time to talk’ Countywide Conference 2014 – Guest Blog Post
This week’s guest blog post is from Deborah Powers, Speech and Language Therapist from the ‘time to talk’. ‘time to talk’ were recipients of The Shine a Light Award 2013/14 for Children’s Workforce. We caught up with them to see what other activities the team had undertaken since winning this prestigious award. Continue reading
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Tagged Assessment, awards, chatter matters, children and young people, children's workforce, communication, Communication Friendly Spaces, early years, Elizabeth Jarman, events, language, Pearson Assessment, sensory, shine a light awards, slt, speech, storytelling, time to talk, warwickshire
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New: Sensory Profile 2
We delighted to be starting February with a new product launch – the eagerly awaited Sensory Profile 2 by author Dr Winnie Dunn. The Sensory Profile 2 is family of assessments that provides you with standardised tools to help evaluate … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Posts
Tagged Infant, Occupational Therapy, pearson, Pearson Assessment, school, sensory, sensory profile, SPD, Winnie Dunn
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Our PLS-5 UK Bear Needs a Home!
The Preschool Language Scales, Fifth UK Edition (PLS-5 UK) is due to launch this December. To celebrate the arrival we have our very our PLS-5 purple bear to give away. Simply enter your details online, and we’ll select a lucky … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Posts
Tagged articulation, assessments, communication, language, pearson, Pearson Assessment, PLS-5, Schools, slcn, slt, speech, tests, Theory of Mind
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No Pens Wednesday 2014 – A Big Success! – Guest Blog Post
No Pens Day Wednesday 2014 took place on Wednesday 15th October and was an overwhelming success! We had over 1,700 schools registered this year, our most popular year yet! This year we have also seen a huge boost in registrations from those working in Early Years settings and special schools, with dedicated resources available for these settings appearing for the first time in No Pens Day 2014. It’s been wonderful that so many new schools and settings have taken part this year and we have been lucky enough to hear about the innovative ways that some of you have used the Trust’s materials. Continue reading
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Tagged college, communication commitment, communication trust, early years, events, language, No Pens Day, pearson, Pearson Assessment, PsychCorp, Schools, slcn, speech, the communication trust
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15 exciting presenters confirmed for Online Working Memory Week
We’re busy gearing up for Online Working Memory Week, which starts next Monday (17th to 21st November). Since our original post back in October another five presenters have been confirmed, giving you 15 exciting opportunities to learn more about working … Continue reading
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Tagged Assessment, Cogmed, Education, events, Online Working Memory Week, OWMW, pearson, Pearson Assessment, psychcorpuk, Psychology, sen, SpLD, Talks, webinars, 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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