Q-interactive, Groundbreaking Mobile Solution for Interactive Assessments, Now Available to Qualified Clinicians
Pearson today announced the release of Q-interactive™,
an innovative mobile solution for professionals involved in the
administration of psychological, neuropsychological and other diagnostic
interactive assessments.
Q-interactive leverages the ease and portability of current Apple®
iPad® tablet technology, allowing clinicians to choose and
customize batteries and administer, score and manage clinical
assessments anytime, anywhere. With this technology, test administration
and scoring are streamlined so clinicians can capture and record
critical client behaviors and nuances that are crucial to successful
assessment and treatment. Data from a four-month public beta throughout
the United States revealed that clinicians using Q-interactive realized
an average time savings of 30 percent when compared with using paper and
pencil, and an average of 35 percent in cost savings.
“The clinicians who participated in our public beta agree: The launch of
Q-interactive truly represents a groundbreaking turning point for
interactive clinical assessments,” said Linda Gerardi, director of
Q-interactive at Pearson, who shared feedback from beta participants:
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Dr. Sheila Balog, a psychologist who practices in multiple states,
said, “Q-Interactive has moved psychological testing into the 21st
century! The portability and accessibility of the materials and my
data are unrivaled in the testing industry. Flying with two iPads is
much easier than transporting kits, or spending extra money to
purchase multiple sets of materials. The platform is extremely easy to
learn and use, and made my transition from paper materials to
electronic administration seamless.”
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Dr. Richard J. Perrillo, a neuropsychologist in private practice in
San Francisco, who administered nearly 130 subtests during the beta,
said, “I love the way Q-interactive reduces examiner fatigue.”
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A high school psychologist from Illinois who administered more than
100 subtests, commented, “Q-interactive has singlehandedly changed the
future of psychological assessments for us as school psychologists. It
is very user-friendly and has dramatically cut down the amount of time
I need to both administer and score assessments. The days of carrying
bags and briefcases full of heavy testing instruments are a thing of
the past.”
Q-interactive frees clinicians from having to carry and manage multiple
manuals, stimulus books, record forms, notepads, a stopwatch and
manipulatives, while providing everything they need to be fully
prepared. Q-interactive not only puts a comprehensive library of
assessment tools right in the palm of their hands, but provides
much-needed portability in today’s 24x7 world.
Q-interactive’s
assessment library offers an array of test batteries and subtests
for assessing domains such as ability, achievement, memory, executive
function and language. Currently, the following assessments and subtests
are available in the Q-interactive Assessment Library, with more to come
in the near future:
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WAIS–IV (Wechsler
Adult Intelligence Scale – Fourth Edition)
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WISC–IV (Wechsler
Intelligence Scale for Children – Fourth Edition)
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CVLT–II
(The California Verbal Learning Test – Second Edition)
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CVLT–C (The
California Verbal Learning Test – Children’s Version)
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D–KEFS (Delis-Kaplan
Executive Function System) – Selected tests
For more information and pricing for Q-interactive, visit http://www.helloq.com/home/.
About Pearson
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market-leading businesses in education, business information and
consumer publishing (NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearsonassessments.com,
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