Speech Assessments

Author Harry L. Munsinger, JD, PhD, Kevin W. Karlson, JD, PhD Description The UCCES was developed by two forensic psychologists with law degrees and extensive experience in child custody evaluation to meet the need for a uniform custody evaluation procedure for mental health professionals.  The…

Author Robert A. Stern, PhD Description The VAMS is a reliable and valid measure of eight specific mood states: Afraid, Confused, Sad, Angry, Energetic, Tired, Happy and Tense. This simple, brief test places minimal cognitive or linguistic demands on the respondent and is appropriate for…

Authors Max R. Trenerry, PhD, Bruce Crosson, PhD, James DeBoe, PhD, William R. Leber, PhD Description This norm-referenced test quickly measures attentional processes commonly disrupted in acute and chronic brain damage or disease. The VSAT consists of four visual cancellation tasks that require the respondent…

Contact PAA today to establish a PARiConnect account for online administration, scoring and reporting. Author Rebecca Gerhardstein Nader, PhD Description An innovative new measure, the VAS-E and VAS-R present full-colour photographs to measure the breadth of an individual’s vocabulary and oral language development. A complementary…

Author John L. Holland, PhD Description Assess career interests with this brief personality inventory. Clinicians and career counsellors find the VPI to be useful in one-on-one counselling sessions with high school and college students, as well as with adults. Although the VPI is similar to…

Author Joel P. Wiesen, PhD Description  The WTMA is a 30-minute paper-and-pencil test of mechanical aptitude designed for use alone or as part of a personnel selection battery in a variety of employment and training settings (e.g., manufacturing/ industrial settings), as well as for academic…