Financial Competence Assessment Inventory

Dr Mavis M Kershaw

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Mavis Kershaw is a registered psychologist, a member of the Australian Psychological Society; the Australia and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law; and the International Association of Applied Psychology. She has an honours degree in psychology/psychophysiology and a PhD from Deakin University, Melbourne. Mavis’s doctoral thesis was titled ‘A Model for Assessing Financial Competence,’ and this research was funded in part by the State Trustees, the Financial and Consumer Rights Counsel, ARBIAS and an ARC grant (No. C00107225). One of the examiners of Mavis's thesis was Thomas Grisso in the U.S.A. who is considered by many to be the world leader in competency research. Since being awarded her PhD in 2005, and based on this early work, she has further developed and refined the FCAI, a measure specifically designed to assess financial competence in people with cognitive impairment (i.e., people with acquired brain injury, dementia, intellectual disability, schizophrenia) and people without cognitive impairment. In addition to other topics, she has taught assessment and intervention strategies at university level (undergraduate and post-graduate, lectures and workshops). She is currently in private practice specialising in psychological assessment and intervention strategies.
 

Dr Lynne S Webber

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Lynne Webber is a registered psychologist with over twenty years of experience in disability-related research and practice. Common themes underlying her work are a concern with issues of equity and with the development of assessments to ensure fairness and equity. Lynne is currently employed as a practice leader of research and service development in the Office of the Senior Practitioner in the Victorian Government’s Department of Human Services. In partnership with researchers, service providers and others, Lynne coordinates evidence-based research projects that advance understanding of the needs and wellbeing of people with a disability. Lynne is also responsible for helping to advance disability support practice in Victoria and clinical case reviews of people with a disability who show behaviours of concern.