Pearson

India

Each Child is different,

treat them differently.
Presenting Pearson Academy India.
Your partner in promoting psychological well-being in schools.
Table of Contents
Contents Page no.

Psychological well-being – An Introduction 01

Why is it important to address Psychological Barriers? 02

How can your school support? 03

Our Offerings 04

I. Psychological Assessment & Intervention services for students

II. Career Assessment & Counselling Services for students
III. Certification & Training for school professionals

The Pearson Advantage 10

How your school can implement our psychological well-being services 11

School Personnel Evaluation 12

Go Digital with Q Global 13

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Psychological well-being is a powerful term. It denotes positive functioning at all

levels - cognitive, emotional and behavioral.

We believe that school years are formative and they have an ever-lasting impact
on the quality of an individual’s life. Since a significant part of an individual’s life
is spent in school; adapting skills and acquiring knowledge prepares them to be
future-ready. Thus, it is important for us to imbibe psychological well-being
during this stage itself.

Schools play an important role in molding a child’s healthy mind. And hence,
Pearson Academy India helps them promote healthy minds, as it leads to the
creation of competent, functional and successful future adults, based on a foun-
dation of holistic learning and development.

Our Mission: Pearson Academy India promotes psychological

well-being in school students and opens learning paths for them,
thereby contributing to their holistic development.
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Why is it important to address

Psychological Barriers?

Cognitive challenges such as learning difficulties impact more

1. than just academic performance.

Learning difficulties may lead to emotional and behavioral

2. issues, resulting in academic failures of the student.

Emotional difficulties can lead to behavioral consequences

3. such as stuttering, stammering and receptive/expressive lan-
guage delays, besides social consequences for the student.

Pearson Academy India collaborates with school-based professionals such as

general and special classroom teachers, school counsellor, psychologists and
other professionals. These school professionals are the channels that help us
identify and address the psychological well-being issues in learners since they
are in direct contact with them.
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How your school

can support?

• Training teachers and other school staff on identifying students who may need
special education or counselling.

• Educating parents about the child’s struggles with cognitive, emotional or

behavioural difficulties so that the child gets the required understanding and
support at home.

• Referring a student to the in-house counsellor or special educator for psychological

assessment and counselling or remediation.

• Referring out students to special education or mental-health centers and

coordinating with these centers to track their progress.

• Operating a special education cell/resource center/counselling cell in your

school for in-school support, for students with special needs as well as
emotional or behavioral struggles.

In your journey and commitment towards making a difference to a

student’s life by imparting the highest quality of learning, Pearson
Academy India would like to partner with you to help create an optimal
environment in your school where each learner enjoys optimal
psychological well-being.
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I.
Psychological Assessment
& Intervention services for students

Focus Areas

Focus Area 1:

Learning Difficulties (LD)

Children with learning difficulties constitute a large and fast-growing population. LD results
in a significant discrepancy between ability and academic achievement and can co-exist
with emotional and behavioural issues.

Focus Area 2:

Emotional Health (EH)

Emotional health issues in students often go undetected, both at school and home. Depres-
sion and anxiety are common ways in which emotional difficulties manifest them-
selves in a student. As a result of such difficulties, students are unable to achieve their
full academic potential, despite adequate ability. Emotional issues may co-exist with
learning difficulties or attention deficits.

Focus Area 3:

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Attention is a fundamental cognitive capacity and a pre-requisite for classroom behavior
related to listening and understanding instructions, completing assignments and taking
exams. ADHD involves inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity in students, which may
lead to disruptive behavior in the classroom.
05 Product list
FOCUS AREA SCREENER

- Dyslexia Screening Test – Junior, India Edition (DST-JINDIA).

- Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen, India edition

Learning
Disability - Dyslexia Screening Test – Secondary (DST-S).
(LD)
- Raven’s Educational CPM/CVS, India Edition.

- Raven’s CPM/CVSHINDI

- Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices (Raven’s SPM)

- Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence, Second Edition, India

- (WASI–IIINDIA).

- Preschool and Primary Inventory of Phonological Awareness

(PIPA).

- BASC-3 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BASC-3

BESS)
Emotional Health
(EH)
- Beck Depression Inventory – FastScreen (BDI-FastScreen)

- Social Skills Improvement System (SSiS) Rating Scale.

Attention Defict
Hyperactivity - Brown Attention-Deficit Disorder Scales (Brown ADD Scales).
Disorder (ADHD)
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MONITORING
ASSESSMENT INTERVENTION
OUTCOME

- Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

Fourth Edition, India (WISC-IVINDIA).

- The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale –

Fourth Edition, India (WAIS - IVINDIA)

- Process Assessment of the Learner –

Second Edition: Diagnostics for Reading - Process Assessment of the Learner
and Writing (PAL-II Reading and Writing) Guides for Intervention.

- Process Assessment of the Learner –

- Launch into Reading Success (LIRS)
Second Edition: Diagnostics for Math
(PAL-II Math). Coming Soon
- Cogmed

- Wechsler Individual Achievement

Test-Third Edition (WIAT-III). - Dybuster Calcularis

- Woodcock Reading Mastery Test, Third - Dybuster Orthograph

Edition (WRMT-III)

- Detailed Assessment of Speed of

Handwriting (DASH).

- Wide Range Achievement Test, Fifth

Edition (WRAT- V)

- Behavior Assessment System for Children,

Third Edition (BASC-3)

- Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) - BASC-3 Intervention Guide - Behavior Assessment System
for Children, Second Edition –
- Millon Adolescent Personality Inventory - Social Skills Improvement System Progress Monitor (BASC-3
(MAPI) (SSiS) Intervention Guide Progress Monitor)

- Beck Youth Inventories – Second Edition,

India, For Children and Adolescents
(BYI-IIINDIA)

- Behavior Assessment System for Children,
Second Edition (BASC-3)
- Test of Everyday Attention for Children
(TEA-Ch)
- Cogmed
- Behavior Assessment System
- Behavior Assessment System for for Children, Second Edition –
Children, Second Edition - Progress Monitor (BASC-3
Intervention Guide (BASC-3 Progress Monitor)
Intervention Guide)
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II.
Career Assessment & Counselling
Services for students

Career Assessment & Counselling (CA&C) services help individuals acquire knowledge
about their personality, aptitude and interests and information about the work market
necessary to identify career options, explore alternatives and succeed, both profession-
ally and personally.

Pearson Academy India Solutions

Scientific Career Assessments

With our scientific career assessment solutions, your school obtains:
• Valuable data on a student’s personality, aptitude and interest.
• Objective information that a student needs, to make an informed career
choice.
• Assessment reports and counselling insights that help not only your
students but other stakeholders such as parents and your school’s
management.

Counsellor Certification Programs

• We train and certify your career counsellors and any other qualified
school staff on the use of our career assessment solutions.
• These programs can be run for your staff in your school or at a center
nearest to you.
• These programs are available in both brick-and-mortar and webinar
formats, for optimal reach and convenience.

Career Counselling Services

• Besides training and certifying your counsellors and other school staff,
we offer career counselling services through our nationwide network of
PAI partners.
• Your school can refer students for both career assessment and career
counseling to our PAI center.
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Career Assessments

1. My Choice My Future (MCMF)

My Choice My Future (MCMF) is a scientific and online career guidance
solution, that helps by assessing an individual’s personality in relation to
career interests and choices.
Available in Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu Editions.

2.Differential Aptitude Tests for Guidance (DAT for Guidance)

DAT for Guidance assesses eight different types of ability, or aptitude. It is
essentially a profiling instrument. Its co-standardized tests provide an
eight-point profile which portrays relative strengths and weaknesses in an
individual’s key aptitudes.

3.Career Decision-making System (CDM)

CDM, unlike conventional career guidance tools that offer only guidance,
lets students self-assess their interests, abilities and work values. These
assessments can be used by them as a guide to make a right career
decision. Choosing careers or further education linked to students’
interests, abilities and values leads to more satisfaction throughout their
career.
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III.
Certification & Training for school
professionals

Our certification and training program

help school professionals equip them-
selves with psychological solutions so that
they can further render the help to the
students who seek them.

Our training helps in:

1. Improving Academic Outcomes of Children with Learning Difficulties

Professionals address students who are struggling with a learning disability such
as dyslexia, intellectual difficulty or constraints in their working memory.

2.Addressing Emotional Difficulties of Children and Adolescents in Schools

Professionals can address emotional issues faced by students like academic
burden, parental expectation, family issues and peer pressure.

3. Understanding and Identifying ADHD in School Children

Professionals can address issues involving inattention, hyperactivity and impul-
sivity in children.

Contact us if you would like the above-mentioned training and

certification programs to be conducted in your institution for your
teachers and other school professionals.
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The Pearson Advantage

Students
Reach their academic potential by addressing cogni-
tive, emotional and behavioral barriers to learning
and identify career paths that lead to academic and
professional success.

Teachers Identify and understand the reasons behind a stu-

& school staff dent’s academic struggles and behavior, support
student learning more objectively, transparently
and effectively, and facilitate students in realizing
their true potential.

Parents
Understand why the school is taking certain deci-
sions with regard to their child, empathize with and
effectively address the child’s struggles in school or
at home and support their child’s career decisions.

School
Management Create a learning environment that supports
well-being for all students and meet the school’s
obligations towards governmental mandates that
protect the interests of differently-abled children.
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How your school can implement our

psychological wellbeing services

Pearson Academy India Your school

In-school consultation and pre-identification

by Pearson Academy India

Our trained special educators screen

Can your school staff screen
your students on-site or at a PAI NO
students?
center
Y
E
S

Screen your students with our

solutions

Our trained psychologists assess/in-

tervene/monitor progress for your Do you have trained mental-health
NO
students on-site or at a PAI center professionals in your school?

Y
E
S

Assess your students with our

solutions

Y
E
S

Do you have trained staff to administer

interventions and monitor progress?

Administer our Intervention and

progress monitoring solutions to
your students
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School Personnel Evaluation

Pearson Academy India offers wide range of assessments that are scientific
and structured way of measuring the psychological well-being of school staff.

Areas of Evaluation
1. Mental Abilities
2. Personality
3. Behavioral Patterns
4. Overall Level of current functioning

Our assessments can be used in phases:-

1. Pre-Recruitment phase:
During the pre-recruitment stage, schools can incorporate a scientific
approach to assess the psychological suitability of a potential employee.
Our assessment can evaluate the Aptitude/Ability, Personality and
Psychological functioning that are necessary for a particular job role.

2. Continuous Evaluation / Monitoring of Progress:

As a part of continuous evaluation process, schools can conduct periodic
checks for both teaching and non-teaching staff. An employee could be
required to complete a psychometric evaluation at least once a year to
gauge their psychological functioning. This will help schools monitor
psychological well-being of all employees and take suitable action, if
necessary.

Pearson Academy India can be your assessment and counselling partner and
help implement these best practices in your school and stay ahead of the
curve.
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TM

TM

A school wide digital solution to help your

students achieve greater psychological well-being.

Q-global is an online platform for administration, scoring and

reporting of our screening and assessment solutions.

Why should you consider a digital assessment platform such as Q-global for your school?

Since multiple Pearson assessments are on a single online platform, it becomes

Portable
Portable platform, it becomes
easy to conduct easy to conduct
assessments assessments
on students on students
without having without
to carry around bulky
having to carry around
physical test kits. bulky physical test kits.

Student data on Q-global is protected through physical security, administrative

Secure safeguards and encryption, ensuring one can optimally protect a student’s
confidential information.

Q-global lets you quickly and efficiently organize student information,

Convenient
generate scores in real-time and produce accurate, comprehensive reports.

The time taken to administer assessments to students, manually score them and
Time-saving generate reports is avoided here as all of these activities are carried out automatically.
This saves valuable time for a school professional.

Your school pays per test report and not for the platform. Hence, this is cost-effective
Affordable
compared to paying for a physical test kit.

Q-global can be used as a school wide solution to address the psychological

well-being needs of your students.
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Pearson Academy India (PAI) is the services arm of Pearson Clinical and
Talent Assessment (PCTA). PAI helps create positive psychological health and
optimal learning for all individuals. PAI services are available through a nation-
wide network of PAI Centers and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Pearson Clinical and Talent Assessment has been at the forefront of test
publishing for over 80 years with 600+ assessments under our Psycorp brand.
It is responsible for the publication of many tests which have now become the
international standards in their fields. PCTA’s mission is to promote well-being
through professional use of assessment and intervention solutions that help
transform personal, educational and professional lives of individuals. PCTA is a
part of Pearson, the world’s leading learning company.

Our PAI partner centers are located across the country. Visit our website to
find a center near you.

Learn more about Pearson Academy India at pearsonclinical.in/pai

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