ASSESSMENT SEMINAR
2005-2006
Facilitator: Cathye Griffin Betzel, Psy.D.

Goals:

The internship training program will provide a training experience in the types of assessments typically conducted in university counseling centers and outpatient mental health facilities.

Objectives:

Interns will demonstrate competency in the administration, interpretation, and communication of results of selected academic, personality, and vocational test-based assessments, as well as interview-based assessments.

Activities:

• Interns will participate in Assessment Seminar through presentation of assessment results, review and discussion of taped or observed administration and feedback sessions, discussion of assigned readings, and presentations of assessment instruments or techniques.
• Administration of at least 4 test protocols is to be completed within the internship year. One of these protocols is administered to clients from individually or culturally diverse populations. Two protocols should be completed by the end of Fall Semester.
• In addition, interns will administer individual tests in each of the 3 areas of academic, personality, and vocational assessment.
• Interns will conduct interview-based intake assessments.
• Interns will videotape, audiotape, or schedule live observations of selected administration and feedback sessions for purposes of supervision and discussion.
• Interns will set aside 2 hour assessment blocks on their schedules on a rotating basis to use for test administration, report writing, assessment supervision, or test instrument familiarization.
• Interns will choose an assessment instrument and facilitate discussion of administration and interpretation of the instrument using one of their cases as an illustration.
• Interns will read articles or chapters as assigned.

Outcome measures:

• Records of the dates of completion of individual assessment instruments are kept by the CCC Testing Office.

• Completed protocols are recorded by the Assessment Seminar Leader, and reports are co-signed by a licensed psychologist, usually the Seminar facilitator.

• Records of completed Intake assessments by interns are kept by the CCC in the client database.

• Completion of assigned readings

Miscellaneous:

• Case discussions are an integral part of this seminar and will take precedence over scheduled topics (except in the event of an invited speaker). As such, this syllabus represents an outline that may change as based on intern needs and interests.

FALL SEMESTER 2005

08-18-05 Intake / On-Call procedures (covered in Orientation)

08-25-05 Overview of Assessment Seminar/ Review of Testing Office Procedures

09-01-05 Review of Triage / Intake / Emergency Procedures

09-08-05 Case Discussions

09-15-05 Case Discussions

 09-22-05 No Seminar – Division of Student Affairs Meeting

09-29-05 Report Writing / Intern Presentation - NEO-PI – Maisha Smith /  

10-06-05 Projective Assessment / Case Discussions

10-13-05 PAI – Tevya Zukor, Ph.D.

10-20-05 Giving Feedback to Clients & Referral Sources

10-27-05 Assessment of Eating Disorders – EDI 3 & SC – Rita Klein, Ph.D.

11-03-05 Case Discussions

11-10-05 Myers-Briggs Type Indicator / Kiersey – Sherry Lynch, Ph.D.

11-17-05 Case Discussions

11-24-05 Thanksgiving Week - No Seminar

12-01-05 Case Discussions

12-08-05 Cultural Issues in Assessment

12-15-05 Case Discussions and Semester Wrap-up

SPRING SEMESTER 2006

01-19-05 Semester Overview / Case Discussions

01-26-06 Ethical Issues in Assessment

02-02-06 Case Discussions

02-09-06 Strong Interest Inventory 2 – Matt Bitsko, Ph.D.

02-16-06 Case Discussions and Intern Presentation

02-23-06 Trauma Assessment

03-02-06 Case Discussions and Intern Presentation

03-09-06 Spring Break - No Seminar

03-16-06 ADHD / LD Screening & Assessment.

03-23-06 Case Discussions

03-30-06 Assessment of Couples

04-06-06 Virginia Psychological Association – no seminar

04-13-06 Case Discussions

04-20-06 Case Discussions

04-27-06 Case Discussions

05-04-06 Case Discussions

05-11-06 Semester Wrap-up

Summer Sessions 2006

Individual meetings as needed. Group sessions scheduled as needed.

Available Assessment Instruments

Administration manuals for individual assessment instruments available in the CC Testing Office:

Academic Competence Evaluation Scales (ACES)

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

Beck Depression Inventory - II (BDI-II)

Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS)

Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSSI)

Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI)

Burns Anxiety Inventory

Burns Depression Checklist

Clark Beck Obsessive Compulsive Inventory

College Adjustment Scale (CAS)

Connors Adult ADHD Rating Scale (CAARS)

Eating Disorder Inventory - 3 (EDI-3)

Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI)

Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

Marital Evaluation Checklist

Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory -III (MCMI-III)

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory -2 (MMPI-2)

NEO Personality Inventory – Revised (NEO-PI-R)

Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)

Rorschach

Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank (RISB)

State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)

Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory - III (SASSI-III)

Symptom Checklist - 90-R (SCL-90-R)

Strong Interest Inventory (SII)

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI)

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale -R (WAIS-R)

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale -III (WAIS-III)

Wechsler Memory Scale - III (WMS-III)

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Multimedia Training Materials available at CCC:

Barkley, R. A. (2000 ). A New Look at ADHD: Inhibition, Time, and Self-Control. New York: Guilford. (videotape).

Diagnosis According to the DSM-IV. 1994. New York: Newbridge Communications. (Videotapes).

Keirsey, D., & Bates, M. (1998). Please Understand Me: The Video. Del Mar, CA: Prometheus Nemesis. (Videotape).

Ledbetter, M. F. (1998). An Introduction to Wechsler Memory Scale Third Edition. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation. (Videotape).

Rorschach Trainer (version 1.0 for Windows). 1996. (Disk).

Tulsky, D. S. (1998). An Introduction to Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Third Edition. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation. (Videotape).

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Reading and resource materials available from CCC testing office or seminar facilitator:

American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition: Text Revision. Washington, DC: Author.

American Psychological Association. APA Guidelines for Psychological Assessment.

Antony, M. M, & Barlow, D. H. (Eds.) (2002). Handbook of Assessment and Treatment Planning for Psychological Disorders. New York: Guilford Press.

Bellak, L. (1993). The T.A.T, C.A.T. And S.A.T. in Clinical Use (5th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Beutler, L. E., & Groth-Marnat, G. (2003). Integrative Assessment of Adult Personality, 2^nd edition. New York: Guilford.

Briere, J. (1997). Psychological Assessment of Adult Posttraumatic States. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Butcher, J. N. (Ed.). (1997). Personality Assessment in Managed Health Care: Using the MMPI-2 in Treatment Planning. New York: Oxford University Press.

Conners, K. C., & Jett, J. L. (1999). Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (in Adults and Children): The latest assessment and treatment strategies. Kansas City, MO: Compact Clinicals.

Craig, R. J. (1993). Psychological Assessment with the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (II): An Interpretive Guide. Odessa, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources.

Exner, J. E. (1993). The Rorschach: A Comprehensive System, Volume 1: Basic Foundations (3rd ed.). New York: Wiley.

Exner, J. E. (1991) The Rorschach: A Comprehensive System, Volume 2: Interpretation (2nd ed.). New York: Wiley.

Fisher, B. C. (1998). Attention Deficit Disorder Misdiagnosis. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Ganellen, R. J. (1996). Integrating the Rorschach and the MMPI-2 in Personality Assessment. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum

Greene, R. L. (1991). The MMPI-2/MMPI: An Interpretive Manual. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

Hathaway, S. R. , & McKinely, J. C. (1989). MMPI-2: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Herson, M. (Ed.) (2004). Psychological Assessment in Clinical Practice: A Pragmatic Guide. New York: Brunner-Routledge.

Kaufmann, A. S. (1990). Assessing Adolescent and Adult Intelligence. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Keirsey, D. (1998). Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence. Del Mar, CA: Prometheus Nemesis.

Kellerman, H., & Burry, A. (1997). Handbook of Psychodiagnostic Testing: Analysis of Personality in the Psychological Report. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Lezak, M. D. (1995). Neuropsychological Assessment -Third Edition. New York: Oxford University Press.

Mariush, M. E. (Ed.). (1994). Psychological Assessment for Treatment Planning and Outcome Evaluation. New York: Wiley.

Myers, I. B., & Myers, P. B. (1995). Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type. Palo Alto, CA: Davies-Black.

Ogdon, D. P. (1977). Psychodiagnostics and Personality Assessment: A Handbook (2nd ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Western Psychological Services.

Olin, J. T., & Keatinge, C. (1998). Rapid Psychological Assessment. New York: Wiley.

Pope, K. S. (1992). Responsibilities in providing psychological test feedback to clients. Psychological Assessment, 4, 268-271.

Suzuki, L.A., Melker, P. J., Ponterro, J. G. (Eds.). (1996). Handbook of Multicultural Assessment. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

Wenck, S. L. (1977). House-Tree-Person Drawings: An Illustrated Diagnostic Handbook. Los Angeles, CA: Western Psychological Services.

Wolber, G. J., & Carne, W. F. (2002). Writing Psychological Reports: A Guide for Clinicians (2^nd ed.). Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press.

Zuckerman, E. L. (1995). The Clinician's Thesaurus: The Guidebook for Writing Psychological Reports (4th Ed.). New York: Guilford Press.

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