CLINICAL REHABILITATION COUNSELING - ADVANCED ASSESSMENT PRACTICE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling or Rehabilitation Counselor Education Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify historical perspectives concerning the nature and meaning of assessment and testing in counseling Audience: Graduate 2. Evaluate what types of assessment information would be useful for rehabilitation, career, and life planning Audience: Graduate 3. Identify appropriate assessment tools, including interviews and behavioral observation, to gather the information necessary for diagnosis and treatment planning Audience: Graduate 4. Summarize the core methodology of assessment procedures (e.g., reliability, validity, standardization) Audience: Graduate 5. Summarize the process involved to administer, score, and interpret results of assessment procedures with particular emphasis on the WAIS-IVCompose written reports of assessment results Audience: Graduate 6. Compose written reports of assessment results Audience: Graduate 7. Identify the implications of client assessment for rehabilitation and vocational/life planning with the client Audience: Graduate 8. Apply and analyze research, including critical appraisal of research, in interpreting and utilizing cognitive assessments to inform practice Audience: Graduate 9. Identify the limits and ethical issues relevant to cognitive assessment Audience: Graduate 10. Summarize assessment considerations relevant to individual differences such as gender, racial and ethnic background, and disability Audience: Graduate 11. Identify the applications of assessment in a variety of rehabilitation, school and work settings Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify historical perspectives concerning the nature and meaning of assessment and testing in counseling Audience: Graduate 2. Evaluate what types of assessment information would be useful for rehabilitation, career, and life planning Audience: Graduate 3. Identify appropriate assessment tools, including interviews and behavioral observation, to gather the information necessary for diagnosis and treatment planning Audience: Graduate 4. Summarize the core methodology of assessment procedures (e.g., reliability, validity, standardization) Audience: Graduate 5. Summarize the process involved to administer, score, and interpret results of assessment procedures with particular emphasis on the WAIS-IVCompose written reports of assessment results Audience: Graduate 6. Compose written reports of assessment results Audience: Graduate 7. Identify the implications of client assessment for rehabilitation and vocational/life planning with the client Audience: Graduate 8. Apply and analyze research, including critical appraisal of research, in interpreting and utilizing cognitive assessments to inform practice Audience: Graduate 9. Identify the limits and ethical issues relevant to cognitive assessment Audience: Graduate 10. Summarize assessment considerations relevant to individual differences such as gender, racial and ethnic background, and disability Audience: Graduate 11. Identify the applications of assessment in a variety of rehabilitation, school and work settings Audience: Graduate