Assessment Practices

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the ethical, culturally sustaining, and developmentally appropriate use of standardized and non-standardized assessments in counseling. Emphasis is placed on selecting, administering, and interpreting assessments for abilities, behaviors, symptoms, risk factors, trauma, abuse, and diagnostic purposes. Students will gain foundational knowledge of assessment concepts, including reliability, validity, and statistical principles, and will learn how to apply assessment results to support diagnosis, intervention planning, and referral across diverse client populations and settings.