Assessing
A broad array of evaluative procedures that yield information about a person
What is an Assessment?
The DSM5
What is the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual 5?
This document presented before any assessment occurs ensures a client has information about the nature and process of the assessment, basically so they know their rights!
What is Informed Consent?
This interview ensures that all the interviewers questions will be answered
What is a Structured Interview?
Things like reducing the use of jargon and acronyms, attending to making your writing accurate and straight forward, and pointing out both client strengths and weaknesses are all good tips for this daily activity in the field
What is Report Writing?
This type of Testing involves Intelligence testing, Neuropsychological, and even group testing
What are Cognitive Ability Tests?
We diagnose because it makes ___________ easier amongst other professionals.
What is Communication?
___________, Can I break it? Well no...unless any of 5 specific incidents occur...then yes you can and should!
What is Confidentiality?
This type of interview allows for clients to discuss what they deem important to talk about
What is an Unstructured Interview?
The clients perspective of their experience
What is Subjective?
Tests that look to Assess ones Abilities (what someone can do) fall into these two categories, What someone has learned, and what someone is capable of learning.
What are Achievement & Aptitude Testing?
We diagnose because ____________ need a code to pay for the services of therapy
What are Insurance Companies?
This model of ethical decision making includes Autonomy, Beneficence, Justice, and a few more!
What is the Moral Model?
This type of interview may make clients feel like they are just a number...like the examiner doesn't care
What is a Structured Interview?
Your observed perspective as the interviewer
What is Objective?
This type of assessment looks at things like Temperament, Habits, Likes, Disposition, and Nature
What is Personality Assessment?
The first diagnosis a client receives, or the diagnosis that is causing the most impact in their lives if there are multiple disorders diagnosed
What is The Principle Diagnosis?
This federal mandate ensured client information is not shared without a clients consent, and allows clients access to almost 100% of their records with relative ease
What is HIPPA?
This type of interview can ensure an interviewer doesn't forget to ask certain questions
What is a Structured Interview?
Your clinical summary of the clients progress toward goals and current status
What is Assessment?
This type of testing relies on a client placing their inner most feelings, thoughts, or needs onto a neutral stimulus...like an inkblot or a blank piece of paper
What are Projective Personality Tests?
Some disorders have a scale of mild, moderate, severe, which is not a scale of spiciness, rather a scale of _______
What is Severity?
This federal law ensures accommodations are made for individuals with disabilities who take tests for employment
What is the ADA?
This type of interview allows for greater detail about important areas in a clients story
What is an Unstructured Interview?
The actions agreed upon in between sessions that follow your clinical assessment of the clients status
What is Plan?