Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Report Writing & Case Conceptualization

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Other Lectures You must have listened to the other lectures for this week first! This is an in-class discussion lecture. It will be very difficult to do if you haven’t already listened to the other lectures! Be sure to have a copy of the Tips to Report Writing and the Report Writing Guide for today’s in-class discussion.

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Clinical Assessment/ Diagnostic Testing This is an IN-CLASS Day If you are listening to this at-home, it means that you are missing class for some reason. The In-Class Projects discussed are for training purposes only. You will NOT be turning them in. I will check them when I check your lecture notes next week.

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS/ DIAGNOSTIC TESTING Class Discussion and In-Class Assignments for Practice

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Diagnostic Testing: In-Class Project #1 Discuss the case conceptualization for a 6 year old child with temper tantrums. We are using the form found at: spectrum.troy.edu/kkrach/forms/conceptualization.pdf

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Case Conceptualization Chart spectrum.troy.edu/kkrach/forms/conceptualization.pd f ReferralInformationQuestionsTools

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Case Conceptualization Chart spectrum.troy.edu/kkrach/forms/conceptualization.pd f ReferralInformationQuestionsTools Temper Tantrums 6yo male End of Kinder Normal Dev’t Normal V/H No Health Prob.

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Case Conceptualization Chart spectrum.troy.edu/kkrach/forms/conceptualization.pd f ReferralInformationQuestionsTools Temper Tantrums 6yo maleParenting Issue End of KinderTeacher Issue Normal Dev’tPhobia Normal V/HCommunication Prob. No Health Prob.Academic Prob. Frontal Lobe Impairment Impulse Disorder

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Case Conceptualization Chart spectrum.troy.edu/kkrach/forms/conceptualization.pd f ReferralInformationQuestionsTools Temper Tantrums 6yo maleParenting IssueParent Interview End of KinderTeacher IssueTeacher Interview Normal Dev’tPhobiaObservations Anxiety Assess Normal V/HCommunication Prob. SLP Assessment No Health Prob.Academic Prob.Achievem’t Asses Frontal Lobe Impairment Neuropsych Assessment Impulse DisorderADHD Assess

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Case Conceptualization Chart spectrum.troy.edu/kkrach/forms/conceptualization.pd f ReferralInformationQuestionsTools Temper Tantrums 6yo male End of Kinder Parenting IssueParent Interview Normal Dev’t Normal V/H Teacher IssueTeacher Interview PhobiaObservations Anxiety Assess SLP Test all SS = 100Communication Prob. SLP Assessment ACH Test all SS = 100Academic Prob.Achievem’t Asses Neuro Test all SS = 100 No Health Prob. Frontal Lobe Impairment Neuropsych Assessment ADHD Assess = NormalImpulse DisorderADHD Assess

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Case Conceptualization Chart spectrum.troy.edu/kkrach/forms/conceptualization.pd f ReferralInformationQuestionsTools Temper Tantrums 6yo male & End of K Normal Dev’t & V/H No obvious parent prob Parenting IssueParent Interview Teaching Awards (20 yrs on the job) Teacher IssueTeacher Interview PhobiaObservations Anxiety Assess SLP Test all SS = 100CommunicationSLP Assessment ACH Test all SS = 100Academic Prob.Achievem’t Asses Neuro Test all SS = 100 No Health Prob. Frontal Lobe Impairment Neuropsych Assessment ADHD Assess = NormalImpulse DisorderADHD Assess

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Case Conceptualization Chart spectrum.troy.edu/kkrach/forms/conceptualization.pd f ReferralInformationQuestionsTools Temper Tantrums 6yo male & End of K Normal Dev’t & V/H No obvious parent prob Parenting IssueParent Interview Teaching Awards (20 yrs on the job) Teacher IssueTeacher Interview Observation: Tantrums Start B4 Naps / Bed PhobiaObservations Anxiety Assess SLP Test all SS = 100CommunicationSLP Assessment ACH Test all SS = 100Academic Prob.Achievem’t Asses Neuro Test all SS = 100 No Health Prob. Frontal Lobe Impairment Neuropsych Assessment ADHD Assess = NormalImpulse DisorderADHD Assess

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Diagnostic Testing: In-Class Project #2 Review the client information for John Smith Using the Case Conceptualization Chart, write information in each of the columns. Start planning out what you think is happening with this client.

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Case Conceptualization: John Smith ReferralInformationQuestionsTools Problems with Reading 22 y.o. maleLD in ReadingClient Interv. SPED servicesADHD Review of Records Graduate HSIQ Hx: Read SLDAchievement Prev Dx TestsADHD Rating Normal Devt Normal Med No V/H Prob Brother ADHD Mom is Dead Tech School Student (plumbing)

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Case Conceptualization: John Smith ReferralInformationQuestionsTools Problems with Reading 22 y.o. male Tech School Student (plumbing) LD in ReadingClient Interv. SPED servicesADHD Review of Records Graduate HSWRAT-4: Reading = 64 Spelling = 76 Math = 94 IQ Hx: Read SLDAchievement Prev Dx TestsADHD Rating Normal Devt Normal Med16-PF High Extraversion High Social Bold Low vigilance Low Privateness No V/H Prob Brother ADHD Mom is Dead

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved John Smith: What We Know Of the tools we need, only the achievement data is available (and it is basic). This is because this was not a diagnostic test. Instead it was just a class assignment. Not enough data can make us jump to conclusions that are inaccurate.

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Diagnostic Testing: In-Class Project #3 Based on John Smith’s information provided to you, write up the sections of his psychological report: HeaderTest Behavior and Observations Client InfoAnalysis and Interpretation of the Results Background InformationSummary Assessment Measures and Procedures Psychometric Summary

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Don’t Forget!!!! IQ-Deviation Interpretation ScoreDescriptor 130 and aboveUpper Extreme Superior Above Average Average 80-89Below Average 70-79Low 69 and BelowLower Extreme

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Also, Don’t Forget 16-PF Interpretation Process Assess Validity First! If any section is invalid, then you will STOP interpreting and write that the scores were not interpretable due to score validity problems. Describe “outlying score” ONLY The Broad Factors are most important to emphasize They are the MOST reliable Then discuss the primary factors Last discuss scale interaction.

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Jack Jones is Only a Guide Use Jack Jones’ psych report as an example of what I want for you to do for the in-class project. You will have to make changes to John Smith’s document to reflect information differences between the two individuals.

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved What to Use for In-Class Project Use the Template Provided. The template is the blank report. Use the Tips to Report Writing spectrum.troy.edu/kkrach/forms/writing_tips.doc Use the Report Writing Guide spectrum.troy.edu/kkrach/forms/Report%20Writing%20Guide.doc Use the Psychometric Summary Tables spectrum.troy.edu/kkrach/forms/psychsum_example.doc

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved When Finished John Smith’s completed report is available for you to review. Take this out and compare it against the one that you did as part of your in-class assignment. You will use both John Smith and Jack Jones evaluation reports as a guide for your final project. You will NOT turn either of these in to me. I only want your evaluation for your client turned in to me for Project 3.

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Project # 3 Review the assignment requirements. Review the scoring rubric Q & A

Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Project # 4 Review the assignment requirements. Review the scoring rubric Listen now to my example Q & A