Last but not least? Here in the North East we have begun to plan our contribution to standardising the EASI assessment.

As you may be aware, the EASI test has been developed by Zoe Mailloux, L. Dianne Parham and Susanne Smith Roley in the USA. Teams worldwide are assembling EASI test kits, learning how how to administer it and administering it to typically developing children so that it can be standardised.

We have learned a lot from other regions standardising the EASI in the UK, so when 3 of our 4 testers met today, we knew just what we needed to do.

• We reviewed the tests and divided them up
• We chose dates to practice all the tests together
• We choose dates to complete our tests

We only need to test 15 children and have been delighted in all the interest in our region: therapists are volunteering to help out and parents are volunteering their children. If you live in the North East and would like to volunteer yourself or a child to participate, please search the EASI project on Facebook and get in touch.

Stay tuned for more pictures and progress.