The
ECPA are from the department "Applied Psychology" of an
organization in engineering company founded during the Second World
War by the Ecole Polytechnique, André Vidal. Very early one
associates with his team of consulting engineers, psychologists and
psychiatrists, aware of the importance of human factors in the smooth
running of businesses, and convinced of the interest of objective,
rigorous tools, such as tests to recruit quickly and well in France
in reconstruction. In 1948 exclusive contracts adaptation and
dissemination are signed with major publishers and authors who make
history of scientific measurement testing methods D. Wechsler, RB
Cattell, P. Guilford, Grace Arthur, C.Kohs, , L. Thurstone, J.
Crawford, L. Gordon, S. Porteus, S. Rosenzweig, H. Murray, L. Bellak,
H. Rorschach ... These tests such as WISC and the MMPI, are still
considered references in the field of . clinical evaluation with the
support of Professor and Doctor Lepez Pichot, the "Applied
Psychology review" is based; it then becomes the European
Journal of Applied Psychology, which is the term applied research of
high level.In 1968, the Publishing Centre of Applied Psychology take
their autonomy and become the first French publisher of tools
assessment of people.From their origins, the ECPA have a Research
Department and Corporate Development. Composed of psychologists,
statisticians and field practitioners, the department makes the main
international tests in the French population, publishes French and
euopéens author tools, and creates custom tests to meet specific
requirements. Over the ECPA years develop a complete range of tools,
recognized nationally and internationally for their practical
interest and their psychometric qualities: Wechsler scales (WPPSI,
WISC), those of McCarthy, but also European authors tools such as
Piaget, A. Gesell, J. Berges, I. Lézine, I. Casati, Mr. Auzias, N.
Stambak, etc. in 1990, ECPA become members ETPG (European Test
Publisher Group) working on quality instruments and services
available to users of tests to reinforce the responsible use and
competent testing, protect copyrights in the interest of authors,
users and people evaluated. from the 90s, the ECPA gradually expand
their scope of action by developing tools available to other
professional psychologists. HR professionals, speech therapists,
psychomotor therapists, occupational therapists in accordance with
its founding principles, the ECPA ensure the training of Purchasers
of testing. to enable HR professionals to completely control their
tools, their ECPA offer training seminars, a prerequisite to the
purchase of tests. Thus the ECPA welcomes over 1,700 professionals
each year in training. In 2004, the ECPA and EAP Publishing and
Psychological Applications, well known professional evaluation,
merge. The test catalog are thus enriched events created by leading
authors such as R. Zazzo, A. Binet, T. Simon, R. Bonnardel. The
pooling of expertise of these two publishers to better meet user
needs. In 2012, the ECPA continue to be the leader in the publishing
sector in France tests. During their sixty years of experience, they
have always kept the spirit of innovation and exigency scientist
their debut. They also managed to adapt to the emerging needs of
healthcare professionals, Children, Education and Human Resources.
They now offer these professionals a choice of over 200 tests,
novelties each year and the guarantee to use reliable tools.
More information: http://www.ecpa.fr/histoire.asp
