COUN 6360 Week 5 Assignment; Administering Assessments; Part 3

Selectinganassessmenttousewithaclientcanbeanimportantpartofacounselor’swork.AfirststepinselectinganassessmentisoftentoresearchoptionsusingtheMentalMeasurementsYearbook.ForthisAssignment,youwillidentifyamentalhealthissue,andthenresearchassessmentsthatmayhelpindiagnosingaclient. You will create a self-recorded video directed at your client to explain therationaleforassessinghimorher,andyouwilldescribehowtheassessmentyouselectedwillaccomplishthis. Additionally,youhavebeenprovidedadditionaltimeforthisassignmentduetomanystudentsattendingtheon-groundportionofPre-PracticumWeek4.ToPrepare: ReviewtheSummaryofAssessmentReportfromtheintakeassessmentthatyoucompletedduringWeek3.YouwillsearchtheWaldenLibraryfortheMentalMeasurementsYearbook(MMY)tofindanassessmentinstrumentthatmeasurestheclient’sdiagnosis. • SearchtheWaldenLibraryfortheMentalMeasurementsYearbook(MMY)asfollows: • IntheWaldenLibrary,selectDatabasesA-Zonthehomepage. • Select“M”fromthealphabeticmenu. • SelectMentalMeasurementsYearbookwithTestsinPrintfromtheoptions. • Findanassessmentthatyouthinkisagoodonetorecommendtoyour‘client’. • ReviewtheLearningResourcesforWeek4andnotetheidentifyinginformationfortheassessmentinstrumentyouselect,including: 1. Authorandtestpublisher, 2. Dateofpublication, 3. Theagerangeforthegroupsthatthetoolisusedtoassess, 4. Lengthoftime needed toadminister, 5. Descriptionofthetestitems–reviewtheitemstodeterminehow itemsareusedtomeasuretheconstruct, 6. Howitemsareanswered(i.e.,likertscale,yes/no), 7. Howitemsarescoredandwhatrawscoresmean, 8. Reliabilityandvalidityinformation,normingmethods,and 9. Limitationsofusingthisassessmentinstrument. • ReviewtheKalturaUploaderlinkfoundinthenavigationoftheclassroomforhelpfulguidelinesforcreatinganduploadingyourvideoforthisAssignment.(Note:Pleasebemindfulofthetechnicalrequirementsneededwhencreatingyourvideo.) Assignment: • Createa2-minuteself-recordedvideoaddressingyourclient. • Tohelpyouaddressyourcommentstoyourclient,youmaywanttouseanobjecttorepresenttheclient,suchasstuffedtoyorphotograph.Thisobjectshouldbeoutsidethevideoframe. • Inthevideo, explaintoyourclientthesethreethings: o whyyouwanttoassesshimorherandincludethefindingsfromthe intakeassessmentthatyoucompletedduringWeek3, o whichassessmentyouwouldliketoadminister,and o what the assessment will provide for the client. Include the identifyinginformationfor theassessmentinstrumentyouselect. ByDay7ofWeek5 Submityourself-recordedVideoAssignment. SubmissionandGradingInformation TosubmityourcompletedAssignmentforreviewandgrading,dothefollowing: • Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK5Assgn+lastname+firstinitial.(extension)”asthename. • ClicktheWeek5AssignmentRubrictoreviewtheGradingCriteriafortheAssignment. • ClicktheWeek5Assignmentlink.Youwillalsobeableto“ViewRubric”forgradingcriteriafromthisarea. • Next,fromtheWrite Submissionaera,click onKalturaonthe dropdown fromtheMashUparea,andselectyourvideofiletoupload. • Ifapplicable:FromthePlagiarismToolsarea,clickthecheckboxforIagreetosubmitmypaper(s)totheGlobalReferenceDatabase. • ClickontheSubmitbuttontocompleteyoursubmission.