FACT™

Yes. Any existing inventory of i-Admins and reports were automatically moved to the new item number within PARiConnect.

No. Prior to the transition, customers were alerted to the need to download and save any FACT Teacher Form reports in their account. Old reports were deleted from the system when the full FACT was released.

As the norms and structure of the FACT have changed, you will need to reference the new manual going forward. Customers who purchased an e-Manual prior to the transition received a complimentary new e-Manual in their digital library within PARiConnect.

As author Steven Feifer says, “A child can't learn if they don't feel safe.” Other trauma measures help you determine whether trauma has occurred and the nature of that trauma. The FACT focuses on the impact of stress and trauma on the student in an academic environment, and results provide insight into how stress and trauma are impacting academic, behavioral, emotional, and physiological functioning at school.

Why is it important to measure the impact that childhood trauma is having on a student's ability to be comfortable at school? Test author Dr. Steven Feifer answers this question with his story that inspired the FACT.

The FACT differs from other trauma assessments because it does not determine if your student has experienced trauma. Instead, it measures the impact of stress and trauma on their learning. A child cannot learn if they don't feel safe. Starting off your psychoeducational assessment with the FACT helps you create a learning environment that enables everyone to thrive. Plus, enjoy the wealth of interventions provided in the Score Report with Recommendations to help in your preparation of an IEP or 504 plan.

When assessing students' learning, there's one important question that should be asked first: How comfortable is the child in school? Hear from test author Dr. Feifer how the FACT answers this question by measuring the impact of stress and trauma on learning. Until you answer this question with the FACT, the results of cognition, academic, or social/emotional assessments don't matter.

The FACT measures the impacts of trauma and stress on learning in children. With different assessments measuring various aspects of trauma, understanding what aspect the FACT uses is vital when using this measure. Hear from test author Dr. Feifer as he walks through several ways trauma can be defined, and the area of trauma this tool measures.

Children's learning is affected when they do not feel comfortable in their academic environment. Hear from test author Dr. Steven Feifer how the FACT can help you determine their emotional readiness to learn and how this knowledge can impact how you interpret their other assessments.

Hear test author Dr. Steven Feifer describe how administration of the FACT is flexible and brief, and why he suggests starting your evaluations with the FACT.

In this video, learn from test author Dr. Steven Feifer how the metrics provided paint a broad picture of the student's functioning in school and how you can use the scales, indices, and cluster scores to generate specific interventions.

• Four clinical impact scales (Physiological Impact, Emotional Impact, Academic Impact, Behavioral Impact)
• One index (Total Trauma)
• Four clusters (Resiliency, Anxiety, Depression, Inattention)
• Two validity scales

Learn about the Feifer Assessment of Trauma from Dr. Nikel Rogers-Wood, Project Director on PAR's product team. With the FACT's clinical impact scales, cluster scores, validity scales and parent/teacher/self-report forms, gain insight into how stress and trauma may be impacting your students in a school-based setting.

Hear from test author Dr. Steven Feifer about how quick and easy it is to administer the FACT without taking time away from your direct work with students.

Why should the FACT be included in your evaluations? Hear from test author Dr. Feifer how the FACT "sets the stage" for all other evaluations and leads to more informed interventions. It all begins with a simple question: Do they feel comfortable in their academic setting?

Ready to take your report to the finish line? Hear from Dr. Steven Feifer about how the Feifer Assessment of Childhood Trauma (FACT) and its digital score report can help you save time, reduce the chance of examiner bias, and give you dozens and dozens of interventions derived from the data to cut and paste into your evaluation.

What role does neuropsychology play in how we look at stress, trauma, and behavior? Hear from Dr. Steven Feifer on how the Feifer Assessment of Childhood Trauma (FACT) takes into consideration that there are actual changes that happen in brain chemistry as a result of stress and trauma. There are areas of the brain that change as the nervous system gets sensitized. It's these changes in the brain that we are trying to capture as a result of administering the FACT. With the results of the FACT, you can start to develop interventions and accommodations for the student so they can start to feel more comfortable at school and get back to focusing on learning.

While there are other measures that look at the source of trauma, the FACT focuses on the second part of the question: How does stress and trauma impact an individual in an academic setting? Hear test author Dr. Steven Feifer speak on what sets this assessment tool apart and makes it the first and only test of its kind.

Validity is a key part of any rating scale that helps to improve the accuracy of the test results. The FACT features various validity measures. Listen to test author Dr. Steven Feifer as he discusses these validity measures and how you can benefit from using the FACT in your assessments.

When a student is struggling with a specific subject in school, understanding “why” they are struggling can make all the difference for their learning and academic success. In this video, Dr. Steven Feifer—author of the FAR, FAW, FAM, and the FACT—digs into a case study about a 4th grader named Mary. He explains that by administering the Feifer Assessment of Childhood Trauma (FACT) alongside the Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR) and Feifer Assessment of Writing (FAW), he was able to gain a broader view of Mary’s issues on both an academic and emotional level. While the results of the FAR and FAW helped him diagnose Mary with dyslexia, the FACT provided additional insights into Mary’s comfort level in school and the causes of her anxiety. The combination of all three tests in Dr. Feifer's psychoeducational evaluation helped him develop an IEP to manage Mary's dyslexia on an academic level and accommodations that helped her feel less anxious in the classroom.