PTS Assessments

Sensory Processing Measure (SPM)

Provides a complete picture of children's sensory processing difficulties at school and at home. With the Sensory Processing Measure (SPM), you can now get a complete picture of children's sensory functioning at home, at school, and in the community. Recognizing that sensory processing... more

Schedule of Growing Skills - Second Edition (SGS II)

This test provides a measure of child development through the assessment of nine areas: Passive posture Active posture Locomotor Manipulative Visual Hearing and language Speech and language Interactive social Self-care social

Childhood Autism Rating Scale - Second Edition (CARS-2)

Since its original publication, the CARS has become one of the most widely used and empirically validated autism assessments. It has proven especially effective in discriminating between children with autism and those with severe cognitive deficits, and in distinguishing mild-to-moderate from... more

Career Thoughts Inventory (CTI)

The CTI is a self-administered measure of negative career thinking. It may be used for screening and needs assessment as well as a learning resource to help adults, university, and secondary school students. It aims to assist in identifying, challenging, and altering negative career thoughts. The... more

New Reynell Developmental Language Scales (NRDLS)

The New Reynell Developmental Language Scales (NRDLS) is the fourth edition of the most widely-used and highly regarded assessment tools for identifying speech and language delays and impairments in very young children. The Scales have been revised, improved and newly standardised on more... more

Dyscalculia Guidance

A practical manual that provides guidance on how best to support pupils with dyscalculia. Dyscalculia Guidance is an invaluable resource; ideal for use after the Dyscalculia Screener in providing teachers and SENCOs with practical advice on supporting dyscalculic pupils, from pre-school... more

Children's Organisational Skills Scales (COSS)

The COSS is designed to help the assessor understand how children organise their time, their materials, and their actions to accomplish important tasks at home and at school. The COSS quantifies organizational skills for children aged 8 to 13 based on ratings from parents, teachers, and the child... more

Jesness Inventory - Revised (JI-R)

The Jesness Inventory–Revised (JI–R) is a comprehensive, self-report measure of personality and psychopathology that is applicable to children and adolescents with more severe behavioral problems, and with whom violence potential is a concern. Conventional scores are provided for the... more

Modified Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (M-WCST)

The M-WCST is a modification of the original Wisconsin Card Sorting Test that eliminates all cards from the original 128-card deck that share more than one attribute with a stimulus card. The resulting 48-card deck is used along with four stimulus cards to assess perseveration and abstract... more

Why do I need to register?

It is a requirement of both international test publishers and NZCER that test users be registered. NZCER will only supply psychological tests to those individuals who are registered with us, and have the necessary qualifications and experience to use and interpret these tests in an... more

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