Course overview
This course aims to introduce students to the principles and practice of psychological assessment. The course will focus on a small number of widely used norm-referenced tests of intellectual abilities as well as diagnostic interview schedules, and both clinician rated and self-report measures used in the assessment of emotional and behavioural problems across the lifespan. Students will become familiar with the strengths, limitations, interpretation and presentation of findings from a variety of assessment instruments and will learn skills in both assessment planning and report writing. Students will learn about the ethical and social implications of assessment in a variety of contexts including socially and linguistically diverse populations. Opportunities for practice administration of assessment tools will be provided.
Course learning outcomes
- Develop knowledge and clinical skills in the practice of culturally responsive psychological assessment, including with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, in the area of clinical health psychology for a variety of assessment tasks, across the lifespan.
- Demonstrate competence in the selection, administration, and scoring of assessment measures
- Demonstrate competence in drawing inferences from the results within a hypothesis generating and hypothesis testing framework
- Demonstrate competence in writing a report to a referral source of a professional standard