Ethics
This principle means psychologists must do no harm and act in the best interest of the client.
What is beneficence?
This refers to how consistently a test measures what it is intended to measure.
What is reliability?
A child who struggles with reading accuracy and fluency may be diagnosed with this disorder.
What is Specific Learning Disorder with impairment in reading (dyslexia)?
This test measures intelligence in children ages 6 to 16.
What is the WISC-V?
This section of the report outlines the reason the student was referred for assessment.
What is the referral question?
Before conducting an assessment, psychologists must obtain this from the client or guardian.
What is informed consent?
A test that measures what it claims to measure has this quality.
What is validity?
Excessive worry and physiological arousal are hallmark features of this disorder.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
This assessment evaluates academic achievement, including reading, writing, and math.
What is the WIAT-4?
In a report, this section provides background information, including developmental, medical, and academic history.
What is the history/background section?
This ethical code requires that test materials are not shared with those who are unqualified.
What is test security?
The average score in a standardized assessment sample is often reported as this number.
What is 100?
An important differential diagnosis to consider when investigating ADHD.
What is Anxiety or ASD?
This scale measures adaptive functioning across communication, daily living, and socialization.
What is the Vineland-3?
This part summarizes test results in everyday language for parents and teachers.
What is the summary or impressions section?
When two roles with a client may impair objectivity, competence, or effectiveness, this issue arises.
Dual relationship
The degree to which test results can be generalized to different groups or settings.
External validity
A diagnosis not listed in the DSM-5-TR but important to consider when investigating learning challenges.
Auditory Processing Disorder or Visual Processing Disorder
These tests use software to assess inattention, impulsivity, and vigilance in people.
Conner’s CATA and CPT3
Recommendations should always be written in this way so teachers and parents can act on them.
Practical and actionable
This document by the Jamaican Psychological Society outlines the guiding principles for professional conduct.
Jamaican Code of Ethics for Psychologists and Counsellors
This statistic tells you how much a person’s observed score may differ from their true score.
Standard Error of Measurement (SEM)
A child with below-average intellectual functioning and difficulties in adaptive behavior may meet criteria for this diagnosis.
Intellectual Developmental Disorder (IDD)
Name one confounding variable that we must always consider when diagnosing.
Trauma
A report that integrates multiple test findings, teacher/parent input, and behavioral observations demonstrates this clinical skill.
Clinical judgment