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COUN 6360 Assignments Week 2, 3, 4, 5 (Bundle)

COUN 6360 Discussions Week 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 (Bundle)

I have enjoyed this class and have found it to be very interesting! This class has taught me a lot more about how an assessment can be a great tool to get a chance to understand my client and help me come up with a treatment plan for them. I really liked that we got the chance to actually look at assessments we think would be useful for our clients. Being able to apply it to something I may be using in the future really helps me grasp information more. I hope to be a great advocate for my clien...

1. Question: A neuropsychological assessment is most likely to be used in which of thefollowing situations? 2. Question: Match the law or act with the most appropriatedescription. 3. Question: If a child is in grade 4.3 and receives a grade equivalent of 7.2 on an achievement test, he or she is achieving at the 7.2 gradelevel. 4. Question: Environmental assessments have a distinct advantage in thatthey: 5. Question: The Exner scoring system for the Rorschach relies on all of the followingEXC...

1. Question: Which of the following is a type of criterion-related validity? 2. Question: Based on your readings in the text, special aptitude tests can be found in all of the following areas EXCEPT: 3. Question: Which of the following is NOT true about the Self-Directed Search? 4. Question: Concurrent and predictive validity are types of: 5. Question: On the MMPI, which of the following is NOT a validity scale? 6. Question: Which cognitive ability test measures "analytical abilities throug...

1. Question: Which of the following is NOT a diagnostic test? 2. Question: Which of the following was NOT a result of the Jaffe v. Redmond case? 3. Question: Which of the following is NOT found in a mental status report? 4. Question: Before people attempt to take their own lives or that of someone else, their thoughts and actions often lie along a continuum. Rank order the following items along this continuum. 5. Question: A student received a score on a norm-referenced standardized test tha...

1. Question: Which of the following is NOT true about the BDI-II? 2. Question: Which of the following is NOT a strength of informal assessment techniques? 3. Question: "When a test has been shown to produce consistent test results, it has which of the following?" 4. Question: PL 94-142 and the IDEA asserted: 5. Question: It is unusual to find one conducting an observation of an individual that includes botheventand timesampling. 6. Question: Aspartofagraduates schoolprogram'scomprehensiveex...

InthisAssignment,youwillconsidertheACA’sCodeofEthicsandhowthesepracticesimpactassessment.Thisprofessionalcodeidentifiesyourresponsibilitiesandthepracticesyoumustadheretoforthebenefitofyourclients,yourcolleagues,andyourcommunity. ToPrepare: ReviewACA’sCodeofEthicswebsitefoundintheLearningResourcesandconsiderhowtheyapplytoyour professionaldevelopment. ReviewandusetheCorey,Corey,Corey,andCallananEthicalDecision-MakingModelfromthecoursetextonp.28toprocessthecasesonp.37byincludingeachstep....

The population you hope to work with as a future counselor In the future, I plan to or hope to work with clients suffering with grief and loss. When my grandmother passed while I was in undergrad, I suffered tremendously and do not feel like I have truly taken the time to seek assistance with this process. In addition, in my community, I haveexperiencedfirsthand,closefriendsandrelativessufferingfromthelossofalovedoneand not seeking the necessary assistance to cope with the issue. I have witness...

What is it like to be assessed? For this Discussion, you take the role of a client and experience taking the Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE). As you go through this experience, consider what it feels like to be assessed, and to be a client. You will also complete the Jung Typology Test and reflect on your results. You will post your reflections and insights. To Prepare: • Review the Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE) video program in the Learning Resources for this week. • Complete the Mini Ment...

How do clinicians find and select an appropriate assessment to administer to a client? One source of information is the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY). As you review the descriptions of the cases in “Practice Making a Diagnosis,” from Neukrug and Fawcett, consider issues that may be relevant and that you would like to assess. Review the list of possible issues inthe handout and select two that you would like to explore further through the MMY. To Prepare: Review the descriptions of cas...

1. Question: Which scale of measurement is being used if assigning numbers based on different professional affiliation (e.g., counselors, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists)? 2. Question: Match the standard score with its mean and standard deviation. 3. Question: NCEs range from 1 to 99 along the bell-shaped curve, but as opposed to percentiles, they are in equal units along curve. 4. Question: If a child is in grade 4.3 and receives a grade equivalent of 7.2 on an achievement test,...

1. Question: If you have the raw scores of two individuals on a norm-referenced test, which of the following is important in terms of making meaning of those scores? 2. Question: On a normally distributed curve, raw scores may be come meaningful if you know the standard deviation and mean of the group. 3. Question: Which statement is usually NOT true about all norm-referenced standardized achievement tests? 4. Question: NCEs range from 1 to 99 along the bell-shaped curve, but as opposed to pe...

Youhavelearned somedifficulttopics andtakenat leastone quiz.As youlearnaboutpsychometrics,youwilllikelyhavequestionsabouttheseconcepts.Usethisdiscussionspacetopostquestionsandhelpclarifythingsfor yourpeers.Yourpeersandyourinstructorcanprovidesupportandencouragement–andyoucanofferthesametoyourcolleagues. ToPrepare: • Reflect on the concepts from the quiz, textbook, and other resources that youunderstand • Identify whatconcepts from the quiz,textbook, and otherresourcesthatyoudonotyetunde...

Youhavelearned somedifficulttopics andtakenat leastone quiz.As youlearnaboutpsychometrics,youwilllikelyhavequestionsabouttheseconcepts.Usethisdiscussionspacetopostquestionsandhelpclarifythingsfor yourpeers.Yourpeersandyourinstructorcanprovidesupportandencouragement–andyoucanofferthesametoyourcolleagues. ToPrepare: • Reflect on the concepts from the quiz, textbook, and other resources that youunderstand • Identify whatconcepts from the quiz,textbook, and otherresourcesthatyoudonotyetunde...

1. Question: Histograms and frequency polygons are visual representations of frequency distributions. 2. Question: Jerome has scored a 10 on a test. How has he done? 3. Question: The results of a norm group comparison test can do all of the following EXCEPT: 4. Question: On negatively skewed curves, the mean is lower than the median, which is lower than the mode. 5. Question: On a normally distributed curve, which is true? 6. Question: Measures of central tendency tell you something about t...

1. Question: Jerome has scored a 10 on a test. How has he done? 2. Question: Measures of central tendency tell you something about the middle of a series of numbers but hardly anything about the variability of a set of numbers. 3. Question: A histogram is the preferred method over the cumulative distribution for conveying information about the percentile rank. 4. Question: On a normally distributed curve, which is true? 5. Question: If an individual takes a test, and if you know an individua...

1. Question: A test developer creates a new instrument to measure psychotic tendencies. She correlates this instrument with an existing test that measures psychotic tendencies that has been shown to be valid. This type of validity is called: 2. Question: In assessing the reliability of a new test, a sample of 1,000 examinees take the test, and one week later are asked to take the same test again. This is an example of which type of reliability? 3. Question: Concurrent validity is to criterion-...

1. Question: Concurrent validity is to criterion-related validity as discriminant validity is to construct validity. 2. Question: The most important form of content validity is face validity. 3. Question: Which of the following is NOT related to test worthiness? 4. Question: "When a test has been shown to produce consistent test results, it has which of the following?" 5. Question: Cross-cultural fairness in testing has always been a critical factor in the development of tests. 6. Question:...

Selectinganassessmenttousewithaclientcanbeanimportantpartofacounselor’swork.AfirststepinselectinganassessmentisoftentoresearchoptionsusingtheMentalMeasurementsYearbook.ForthisAssignment,youwillidentifyamentalhealthissue,andthenresearchassessmentsthatmayhelpindiagnosingaclient. You will create a self-recorded video directed at your client to explain therationaleforassessinghimorher,andyouwilldescribehowtheassessmentyouselectedwillaccomplishthis. Additionally,youhavebeenprovidedadditionaltimef...