Coun 6360 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

This week, and over the next three weeks, you will complete quizzes that assess competency. For each quiz, you must get 8 of 10 items correct in order to receive credit. You can repeat each quiz as many times as needed to demonstrate competency. You must complete the first attempt at these quizzes successfully by Day 3 of each week. Repeat attempts must be successfully completed by Day 7 of Week 7. Learning Objectives Students will: • Apply diagnostic decision-making to assessments • Ana...

COUN 6360 Week 6 Required Readings – Learning R

You have learned some difficult topics and taken at least one quiz. As you learn about psychometrics, you will likely have questions about these concepts. Use this discussion space to post questions and help clarify things for your peers. Your peers and your instructor can provide support and encouragement – and you can offer the same to your colleagues. To Prepare: • Reflect on the concepts from the quiz, textbook, and other resources that you understand • Identify what concepts from t...

COUN 6360 Week 10 Assignment; Ethical, Legal, and Professional Standards in Assessment

COUN 6360 Week 4 Assignment; Evaluating and Selecting Assessments Using the MMY, Part 2

Q. 1 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: Q. 2 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? Q. 3 Concurrent validity is to criterion-related validity as disc...

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 in the handout and select two that you would like to explore further through the MMY. To Prepare: Review the descriptions of ca...

In the video, “It’s not about the nail,” you may initially feel confident about what you are seeing. But things are not always what they seem. For this Discussion, view the video, and note your observations. Rather than attempt to make a diagnosis, focus on what you are seeing. For example, instead of noting that the client is depressed, observe that the client appeared sad as evidenced by crying, lowered head, or slow speech. To Prepare: • Review the Learning Resources for this week, ...

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,...

The Alexander Street Videos include many selections that cover specific issues, diagnoses, and treatments. Consider the population that you hope to work with as a counselor, such as at-risk youth, or people with anxiety. Use the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) and the Alexander Street Videos (AVON in the Walden Library) to find out more about these topics and appropriate assessments. To Prepare: • The Walden Library has licensed a collection of videos from publisher Alexander Street, whic...