Why a Cognitive Demands Analysis (CDA)?

Returning an employee from a psychological absence requires an understanding of limitations related to cognitive capacities in order to facilitate a return to work. Detailed information regarding the cognitive demands of the job will assist in determining their abilities with respect to the job. A CDA will enhance Human Resources’ job descriptions, much as a Physical Demands Analysis (PDA) does.

The Service

A CDA is a work specific objective evaluation of the cognitive, emotional and psychological skills required to perform the essential duties of a position. The CDA can also be used as a companion document to a Cognitive / Psychological Functional Abilities Evaluation (CP-FAE) performed by a registered psychologist or neuro-psychologist. The measures used for our CDA have been extracted from commonly used psychological / neuro-psychological tests. A blend of work sampling systems and a range of comprehensive cognitive ability, aptitude and achievement measures are used to provide a unique and detailed measure of memory, aptitudes and higher-level problem solving demands of the job.

Service Overview

- Cognitive skills and aptitudes
- Sustained concentration and persistence
- Memory and higher level cognitive abilities
- Social interaction and traits required for job

Our Difference

- Highly qualified, specifically trained experts
- Allows objective assessment of work capabilities
- Comparison of abilities to essential cognitive demands
- Interview with employer and incumbent observation

What gets measured gets done, what gets audited gets done right.