Tests and Measurements

Catalog description

Accomplished counselors integrate knowledge and skills in the areas of assessment, evaluation, and testing to perform systematic appraisals of the needs, abilities, and characteristics of clients, couples, and families. Students would synthesize the assessment process to perform accurate differential diagnoses, align theories of counseling for treatment, and utilize the complete assessment and testing process to culminate in writing comprehensive mental health reports and constructing complete treatment plans. Using the essential skills of assessment, students would use test-related statistics, validity, reliability, and test item analysis to systematically evaluate tests and their construction. Students would further enhance their expertise in following rules of administration and interpretation of various assessment instruments, including Intelligence tests, personality instruments, projective tests, neuropsychological tests, and disorder-specific tests.