Viviane MATAR TOUMA

Professor

Faculty of Humanities

Institute of Physiotherapy

Higher Institute of Speech and Language Therapy

+961 (1) 421 000 ext 5205 viviane.matartouma@usj.edu.lb

• Clinical Psychologist (1989 to date) • Member of the Order of Psychologists in Lebanon (MoPH license No. 2018/3/12126) • Analytical-inspired psychotherapist (1992 to date) • Doctor of Psychology (PhD, 1998) • Lecturer at Saint-Joseph University Lebanon - USJ (1989 to date) • Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, USJ • Professor-Researcher, Laboratory of Clinical and Cognitive Psychology, Department of Psychology, USJ • Founder and Director of Liban Tests Editions, LTE, publishing house of psychometric tests (since 2004) • Consultant to the Ministry of Education, for the School Inclusion Project (since 2017) • Active member of the International Bureau of Audiophonology – BIAP, Belgium (since 2003) • Member of the BIAP Board of Directors (since 2007), • Founder and President of BLRS, Lebanese Bureau for Research in Deafness, national secretariat of BIAP in Lebanon (founded in 2007) • President of the Technical Research Commission “Guidance Parentale CT25”, BIAP (2022) • Member of the scientific council of APPEA, Association of Practising Child and Adolescent Psychologists, France (since 2017) • Organizer of conferences, scientific days and seminars (National Plan since 2004) • Trainer affiliated with French organizations: FISAF, national federation for the inclusion of people with disabilities, France COPES, Centre d’Ouverture Psychologique et Sociale France – APPEA, Association of Practising Child and Adolescent Psychologists, France • Trainer for Ministries of Education: MEHE, Oman - MEHE, Dubai, MEHE, Lebanon – CRDP, Lebanon • Fields of expertise: Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology Analytical Psychodrama; Psychometry; Psychology of Deafness and Cochlear Implant; group dynamics…

Education

Degree	University	Country	Year
Doctorat - Psychologie - option : psychologie clinique et pathologique	Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth	Liban	1999
D.E.A - Psychologie - option : psychologie clinique et pathologique	Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth	Liban	1995
Maitrise - Psychologie - option : psychologie clinique et pathologique	Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth	Liban	1988
Licence - Psychologie	Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth	Liban	1986

Research themes

Psychometric field: test adaptation to arabic culture Evaluation of hearing impairment children (tests) Test of concentration (Cognitive)

Publications and communications

Assessment Material (psychometrics, projectives) - MATAR TOUMA V. (2023), – MTPEMS-, Matar Touma Perceptual Emotional Maturity Scale Maturity, Ed. LTE, © 2022-23– Lebanon - MATAR TOUMA V.& VIROLE B., -TSEA - Socialization Test for Children Adolescents-, Psychological material for social assessment, new edition February 2023 ©ECPA-PEARSON, Paris - MATAR TOUMA V., -KOHS D-, Adaptation of the KOHS cubes test, deficient population, study 2015-2018, Ed. LTE, © 2022– Lebanon - MATAR TOUMA V., -TPES-, Cognitive remediation method, for the deaf study 2010, 2015, Ed. LTE- © 2022– Lebanon - MATAR TOUMA V. & Coll.-WISC IV-AR-, adaptation of the Psychological Test of D. WECHSLER (USA), adapted Arabic version, Ed. LTE, © 2013– Lebanon - MATAR TOUMA V. & VIROLE B., Authors of -My Implant and Me -, preparation material for the Cochlear Implant Ed. LTE © 2006 – Lebanon - MATAR TOUMA V. & VIROLE B., -TSEA - Socialization Test for children and adolescents-, Psychological material for social assessment - TSEA Ed. ECPA, © 2004, Paris. Revision 2010 Ed. LTE © 2011 – Lebanon Books and references - MATAR TOUMA V. (2022), “Supporting hearing impaired people, understanding, communicating, assessing”. Questions of Person, De Boeck, March 2022. - MATAR TOUMA V. (2018), Religious life and referential function", (Design and writing), Edition Bureau des Supérieures Majeures, Lebanon - MATAR TOUMA V. (2010), Participation in the writing of the "Referential of the tasks of the psychologist in a school environment", Ain NAJM / July 12, 2010, General Secretariat of Catholic Schools in Lebanon - SGEC-L Scientific articles and conference proceedings - MATAR TOUMA V. MTPEMS - a scale to measure maturity of perception from the drawing of a person. Age 3 to 12 years old. (publication accepted on March 24 in ERAPSY, Elsevier, planned for 2025) - MATAR TOUMA V. (2023-24), “The Thematic Apperception Test - TAT: a transcultural diagnostic tool” in Bulletin de Psychologie, code 230121, volume 77 (4) /586 / October-December 2024 - MATAR TOUMA V., BUSSOLETTI M., CASTRO D. ZEBDI R. “Prevalence of depression protective factors in a population of children aged 8 to 10 years, suffering from specific learning disorders, in a special education and home care service (SESSAD)”, l’Encéphale, Paris,August 2023 - MATAR TOUMA V. (2021), “The maturity of perception and the factors at play,through the drawing of the person” in Bulletin de Psychologie, number 572, volume 74 April 2021/2,p137-153 - MATAR TOUMA V. (2017), « Body image in deaf children. Perception and experience through drawing and TSEA » in Pratiques Psychologiques, Elsevier Editorial, Paris, June 2017 - MATAR TOUMA V. & coll. (2015), « The need to adapt a cognitive test to Arab culture. The case of WISIV-IV », Pratiques Psychologiques, Elsevier Editorial, Paris

Useful links

Liban Tests Editions

Awards and distinctions

Prix d'excellence du meilleur chercheur: poster de la recherche HORIZON 2020 AVRIL 2015 CNRS obtention de la meilleur recherche de la FLSH pour l'adaptation d'un test cognitif de renommée internationale (WISC IV) à la culture arabe (2010-2013)