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Our research led to the development of PEERS – a new and engaging assessment tool to evaluate social skills in children and young people.

The Pediatric Evaluation of Emotions, Relationships and Socialisation (PEERS) is a new psychological assessment tool that evaluates social skills in children and young people. The PEERS tool addresses a substantial unmet need, leading the field internationally as the first comprehensive social assessment tool. 

The Pediatric Evaluation of Emotions, Relationships and Socialisation (PEERS) is a new psychological assessment tool that evaluates social skills in children and young people. The PEERS tool addresses a substantial unmet need, leading the field...

The Pediatric Evaluation of Emotions, Relationships and Socialisation (PEERS) is a new psychological assessment tool that evaluates social skills in children and young people. The PEERS tool addresses a substantial unmet need, leading the field internationally as the first comprehensive social assessment tool. 

Overview

A lack of comprehensive, well-validated tools to detect social impairment limited our ability to identify children and young people in need of intervention. The PEERS tool directly addresses this worldwide unmet need as the first comprehensive social assessment tool in the field.

PEERS is an individually administered computerised iPad application that includes three cognitive subscales (attention-executive, social cognition, communication) which contribute to social function. These subscales are organised into two levels: basic and complex.

The tool utilises fun social stimuli to keep children and young people engaged, such as videos, audio clips and photos of real-life social scenarios. Our team have assessed over 500 children and found PEERS is a reliable and valid social assessment tool.

PEERS – A revolutionary new way to assess and diagnose social skills

PEERS-Q

Along with the PEERS social cognitive assessment, our team have developed PEERS-Q, a parent report questionnaire that assesses the social competency of children and young people aged five to 15 years old (see PEERS-Q tab for more information).

See our Publications tab to read about our recent studies using PEERS and PEERS-Q

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