Introduction to Clinical Assessment   [Archived Catalog]
2011-2012 TCSPP Academic Catalog and Student Handbook
   

CC 551 - Introduction to Clinical Assessment


Prerequisite(s): CC 505  and CC 510  and CC 511  and CC 515  and CC 516 . This course introduces the student to psychological evaluation and its role in the counseling relationship. It provides the student with a strong foundation in understanding and communicating clinical assessment data. The course will review basic concepts of standardized and non-standardized testing and other assessment techniques including norm-referenced and criterion-referenced assessment, environmental assessment, intellectual assessment, individual and group test and inventory methods, behavioral observations, and computer-managed and computer-assisted methods. Attention will be given to understanding strategies for selecting, administering, and interpreting assessment and evaluation instruments and techniques in counseling. (3 credits)