@Always_Ask_Questions – We already have a seamless system to assess people over the Internet. However, since we’ve been getting more and more requests such as yours to make this more widely available, we are currently working on a new automated website that will allow anyone to simply select an assessment package, book a remote testing session, enter payment, and get an online link automatically sent to you without any manual intervention at all. We are also adding a simpler “screening” option for those who need to be tested but can’t afford a full professional assessment. Whoever thinks this this new website might benefit them or someone they know is welcome to send an email at [email protected] with their full name and number; we’ll send out notifications when the new website is released, which will most likely be within the next few weeks BE”H.
I just want to add that your suggestion about expanding this remote assessment service is more timely than you may realize. Like everyone else, it’s been incredibly painful for us to watch what’s been happening to our brothers and sisters in Eretz Yisroel since this war began. So many people have been traumatized by this war (directly or indirectly), including the many children whose fathers have been away in the reserves for months at a time. Many families have been displaced for months, which is incredibly disruptive to those children as well. We have been contacted by several organizations in Eretz Yisroel that work with these suffering families (including Shuvu, which has a network of schools for children from fragile families and disadvantaged backgrounds that have been particularly impacted by the trauma of this war, as well as other organizations that work with traumatized adults). These organizations requested access to the remote assessment system in order to help determine how best to help those families put their lives back together. Unfortunately, while the assessment is already in several languages, it would need to be adapted to Hebrew and we would need to also bring in professionals to help guide those organizations on implementing the results in the most effective way possible. None of these organizations have the funding required to do that, so some kind Yidden are trying to raise the funds to help make this happen. While I am not involved in that fundraising project, if anyone here wants to assist them, I can put you directly in touch with those groups. I believe that the Israeli Shuvu office has also setup a special website for this specific project as well, since it’s so important.
Let’s hope that all Yiddishe suffering will soon come to an end and no one will ever need help recovering from war and trauma again BE”H!!