Assessment and Testing

Catalog description

Counselors engage in assessment practices every day and these practices effect relationships, treatment decisions, and culturally responsive counseling. This course will provide information about the various assessment procedures that are specifically relevant for practicing counselors. There will be an emphasis on selection, interpretation, and communication of psychological test results. Further, this course highlights the basic principles of psychological assessment. Students will learn how to complete a Comprehensive Psychosocial Assessment through both didactic and experiential activities infused throughout the course.