ADVANCED ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES IN COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Counseling Psychology or Counseling Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop an understanding of psychometric theory and its importance to the construction, administration, and interpretation of psychological tests Audience: Graduate 2. Evaluate assessment tools critically and make reasoned judgments about their development including standardization and norming processes Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate measures for reliability and validity, including across cultural validity and appropriateness for use across groups Audience: Graduate 4. Select, administer, and interpret tests in response to the referral question and in a manner that minimizes bias, mitigates threats to validity and is ethically sound Audience: Graduate 5. Administer, score, and interpret at least two tests (e.g., MMPI-3, WAIS-IV) and conduct a clinical interview for assessment Audience: Graduate 6. Communicate test findings in an integrative, comprehensive, formal written report with recommendations and gain practice with providing verbal and/or written assessment feedback Audience: Graduate 7. Demonstrate an understanding of contextual and cultural factors that may influence the assessment process, including cultural features of the assessor-client dyad Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop an understanding of psychometric theory and its importance to the construction, administration, and interpretation of psychological tests Audience: Graduate 2. Evaluate assessment tools critically and make reasoned judgments about their development including standardization and norming processes Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate measures for reliability and validity, including across cultural validity and appropriateness for use across groups Audience: Graduate 4. Select, administer, and interpret tests in response to the referral question and in a manner that minimizes bias, mitigates threats to validity and is ethically sound Audience: Graduate 5. Administer, score, and interpret at least two tests (e.g., MMPI-3, WAIS-IV) and conduct a clinical interview for assessment Audience: Graduate 6. Communicate test findings in an integrative, comprehensive, formal written report with recommendations and gain practice with providing verbal and/or written assessment feedback Audience: Graduate 7. Demonstrate an understanding of contextual and cultural factors that may influence the assessment process, including cultural features of the assessor-client dyad Audience: Graduate