Psychological assessment
An independent professional assessment by a seasoned occupational and coaching psychologist is, more often than not, an encouraging experience for a person whose life involves managing one or more disabilities. For it puts the individual's limitations in the perspective not only of relevant groups of 'normal' people, but also of the strengths the person has developed and tends to rather take for granted.
In conducting a psychological assessment, we choose normative data relevant to the history of the individual. We also select tasks that can allow him or her to find expression for abilities that many others simply overlook and that may not be related to the academic performance of the person involved.
Evaluating your strategy for managing a disability
Whether a limitation at birth or acquired, a disability tends to limit the range of a person's performance physically or mentally. But only to a degree. And when the full range of possible human accomplishments is considered, the limitation is usually relative rather than absolute: in other words, the person with a disability doesn't carry out some functions as well as others but may well make up for such underperformance, perhaps in ways that can be easily overlooked.
Individuals, families, groups and organisations benefit from adopting balance and perspective in their assessment of the actual impact of a disability, so that appropriate learning can be designed and feasible adjustments can be negotiated and put to work day-to-day.
Coaching - presentation, negotiation and memory management
Perhaps more than most people, a person with disability faces a particular challenge to get the balance right between being assertive and appropriately proud of accomplishments, on the one hand, and acknowledging impairments that can to some extent restrict what he or she can do. Using audio or video tapes, we provide the individual with constructive feedback about the person's approach to self-presentation as well as to negotiating about terms and conditions of working.
Some clients suffer from memory deficits, whether due to an accident or natural causes. We coach them in ways of customising and using a host of methods of memory management so that any difficulties are contained and no longer allowed to allow a difficult situation get out of hand, due to anxiety or stress.
Ergonomic guidance on workplace adjustments
?Ergonomics' is the science of fitting tools, furniture, clothing, equipment, etc. to physical and psychological attributes of an individuals. Where an employee has the basic suitability for their work, we are very pleased to provide the scientific help necessary to enable employers to adapt work environments to needs of disabled employees and to save costs by preventing avoidable accidents.
A personal quotation, in confidence
Enquires are discussed in some detail and in strict professional confidence.
Personal quotations are offered free of charge, so that you can be quite clear about what you are investing in.
Expert witness services
Our chartered pscyhologist and registerd ergonomist, Kieran Duignan, is on the register of Expert Witnesses of the British Psychologiical Society.
He have experience of receiving instructions from leading personal injury and employment law practices. He has provided written and spoken expert witness services to county courts and employment tribunals especially in relation to work-related stress and musculo-skeletal injuries. As courts normally expect these services to be delivered in accordance with the Civil Procedure Rules, administered by the Ministry for Justice, we provide these services in response to requests from solicitors.
