Learning Objectives
- Perform independent research to locate and identify two appropriate counselling assessments for their client.
- Understand and explain the psychometric properties of two assessments.
- Understand ethical and multicultural issues within assessment.
- Explain how the assessment can further enhance clinical knowledge and treatment in counselling.
Purpose
- This activity will allow students to comprehensively research and examine two structured assessments. The assignment will assist them in selecting an evidence-based assessment and understanding its comprehensive usage within the counselling environment.
Instructions
For context regarding Assignment 2: For Assignment 3, your client will complete two assessments that you will score and interpret the results. You will explain the assessments and results to them within the assignment.
For Assignment 2, you will conduct research on two assessments from the list of approved assessments located in the section of the Syllabus “Resources for Assessment Tools Completed in the Course” and use the template to gather relevant information. Before providing the assessments to your client, it is important to critique and understand your assessment choices.
Please use the Assignment 2 Template.
For each assessment used, you will determine the following based on evidence/research:
- general information and purpose of the assessment.
- permission of use/copyright (sentence or two regarding author or assessment permissions –This information may be found within the publisher’s website, within the research article explaining the assessment(s), or within the author’s website).
- psychometrics of the assessment -it must be a reliable and valid instrument, what does this tell the clinician?
- ethical and multicultural considerations – for example, has it been validated with a variety of populations for use? Is it recommended for certain populations or settings?
- therapist decision – how will this enhance your future treatment decisions?
This assignment will allow you to research further information to assist with Assignment 3. You will use a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed resources to complete Assignment 2.
Structure
- Required components: Title page, template, references.
- Length of Assignment: The text body of paper (i.e., not including references or title page) should consist of a minimum of 500 words (generally 2-3 double-spaced pages, font style Times New Roman font-size: 12).
- Format: Please, format your assignment in Word (files with extension .doc or .docx), or Rich Text Format (files with extension .rtf).
- References: minimum of 3.
Considerations:
Consider the information obtained in your initial assessment (Assignment 1). What will assist in further enhancing your knowledge or confirming your knowledge from that assessment?
See “Resources for Assessment Tools Completed in the Course” in the syllabus for further information on free, approved assessments that will meet the requirements for this assignment.
Your assessments must be reliable and valid.
Each assessment should examine a different construct, symptom, or behaviour (such as anxiety, depression, substance use, sleep, etc).
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