At the invitation of Dr. Yong Cho, Dr. Tony DuBose, Dr. Jennifer Sayrs, and Dr. Carla Walton—expert DBT trainers from Behavioral Tech, founded by Dr. Marsha Linehan—have returned this year to lead the official DBT Intensive Training program, following their visit last year.
Dr. DuBose and Dr. Sayrs, key members of Dr. Marsha Linehan’s core team, have been actively supporting The Tree Group and DBT Korea, founded by Dr. Yong Cho, since 2007. Their contributions have been instrumental in shaping the foundation and history of our organization.
The International Psychological Services center of the Tree Group has been providing treatment services online; however, the comprehensive psychological/psycho-educational evaluation has been provided offline only as various assessment tools are needed to carry out the evaluation. Nevertheless, in times when travel is restricted and social distancing is necessary, the Tree Group has become more aware of those who need comprehensive psychological/psycho-educational evaluation from abroad. Therefore, the Tree Group has decided to provide remote administration of the comprehensive psychological/psycho-educational evaluation by following the protocols updated by Pearson regarding Tele-practice of psychological and educational evaluations.
Where will the comprehensive psychological/psycho-educational evaluation take place?
The clinic has been providing years of online services to those in both Korea and abroad using diverse online platforms. Recently, due to the global pandemic, theTreeGroup has created and actively utilized a virtual office on Teams to provide better services online. The comprehensive psychological/psycho-educational evaluation will also be held on Teams to those who might find it difficult to visit our clinic in person.
How is the comprehensive psychological/psycho-educational evaluation arranged?
The clinic receives all referrals and contacts from international schools and parents. The school can make the initial contact; however, we then encourage the parents to call us for further information. During the first few contacts, an intake interview along with a comprehensive psychological/psycho-educational evaluation can be arranged to create a good diagnostic picture of the child or/and to make an effective treatment plan. The results of the intake interview and the comprehensive psychological/psycho-educational evaluation can also be shared with the school under the parent’s consent.
What is involved in the comprehensive psychological/psycho-educational evaluation?
The clinic uses various scientifically proven assessments to understand a child’s cognitive and academic abilities as well as the child’s behavioral and psychological issues. Below are several of the assessments included in the evaluation.
The content of the assessment varies slightly depending on the age of the child. The clinic also uses the Korean version of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Fifth Edition to those who are bilingual. The inclusion of both the English and Korean versions of the assessment is to have a better understanding of the child’s language development and state.
How is the remote administration of the comprehensive psychological/psycho-educational evaluation different to that provided in person?
The parents will be more actively involved in the evaluation as there are subtests within the WISC-V that requires timing and handling of response booklets. Prior to the evaluation, the parents will be provided with guidance on how to support their child during the evaluation. The WISC-V Block Design subtest which is used to measure a child’s visual-spatial coordination abilities will be excluded from the evaluation as a professional is needed to guide the child in using the evaluation tool. The performance results from the Visual Puzzles subtest will be substituted in calculating the scores. More information regarding the tele-practice of WISC-V can be found in the link below provided by Pearson.
For further information or/and arrangement of the comprehensive psychological/psycho-educational evaluation please contact us at (+82)2-557-8823 or send us an email to info@thetreeg.com
We are reminded these days of the comfort and freedom of enjoying outdoor activities on a warm spring day. We are all working together to make the best effort we can to restore our daily lives that we have forgotten to be grateful for. With the encouragement and support of one another, the Tree Group is putting safety as the top priority with the hopes that this difficulty will pass soon. Over the next two to three weeks or more of voluntary isolation and social distancing to limit the spread of the virus, we believe that it is rational and ethical for us to provide only online based treatment services until this virus situation is over.
Since 2003, the Tree Group has provided video conferencing-based psychotherapy and psycho-educational services to clients and schools all around the world. Over the past 17 years, many clients and their children have achieved significant therapeutic outcomes through online-based treatments. In fact, online services are considered to be more effective when the client lives abroad, has difficulties coming to our facility for various reasons, or needs to learn and apply the effective parenting skills at home.
Although our offline-based clients may at first experience some difficulties in transferring to the new online system, we are hoping that the adjusting process will not be toilsome. Please contact us if you wish to start psychotherapy services and/or psycho-educational services with us, and we will provide you with more detailed information.
As we are aware that many people around the world are suffering from this unprecedented situation, we will open the door wider to those who are in need of our services.
Thank you and we look forward to meeting you online!
As numerous schools and institutions are turning to online classes due to the sudden increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, we decided to raise Contagion Level Orange to Contagion Level Red. Since we regard safety as our top priority, we are providing online-based treatment services as a preventative measure to minimize the spread of the virus for at least the next two weeks.
Online Session Taking Place
Since 2003, we have provided video conferencing-based psychotherapy and psycho-educational services to clients and schools all around the world. Over the past 17 years, many clients and their children have achieved significant therapeutic outcomes through online-based treatments. In fact, online services are considered to be more effective when the client lives abroad, has difficulties coming to our facility for various reasons, or needs to learn and apply the effective parenting skills at home.
We humbly ask for your understanding and cooperation since this is a decision based on the safety of our clients and children, and we wish you would stay healthy and well. Please contact us if you wish to start psychotherapy services and/or psycho-educational services with us, and we will provide you with more detailed information.
As we are aware that many people around the world are suffering from this unprecedented situation, we will open the door wider to those who are in need of our services.
Thank you and we look forward to meeting you online!
