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toshinori ishikuma alan s. kaufman university , superintendent of education bureau of the university of tsukuba of laboratory schools ） tsukuba （ vice president ・ executive director yamaguchi prefecture 250px school psychology , multicultural psychology , psychological assessment 1950 9 establishing , japanese versions of kaufman assessment battery for children and the wechsler intelligence scale for children - and system of the school psychology in japan ibaraki prefecture toshinori ishikuma
 university of montevallo , university of alabama
toshinori ishikuma

toshinori ishikuma -lrb- born september 1950 -rrb- is a japanese psychology professor known for his work on introducing and establishing the system of school psychology services in japan .
he was among key psychologists who started certifying school psychologists in japan in 1997 .
he is also famous for development of individual intelligence tests such as the japanese versions of kaufman assessment battery for children -lrb- kabc -rrb- , kaufman assessment battery for children-second edition -lrb- kabc - -rrb- , and japanese versions of wechsler intelligence scale for children - and .
he is now working to produce the japanese version of wechsler adult and adolescence intelligence scale - .
he is also among important members of movement toward `` chartered psychologist bill '' , which is expected to be discussed spring 2015 .
