NeuroPsych Testing/PsychoEducational Testing
A clinical assessment where it aims to screen individuals' presentation, attitude, and behavior that describes the sum total of the examiner’s observations and impressions of the client at the time of the interview.
Mental Status Examination (MSE)
One of the widely known sentence completion tests where individuals complete 40 sentence stems (e.g., "I feel upset when...") in a spontaneous manner. Responses are then analyzed for themes of conflict, maladjustment, or well-being using a scoring system.
Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank (RISB)
In terms of behavior: will a positive punishment increase or decrease a behavior from occurring again? In a positive punishment an unpleasant stimuli is added after the behavior?
Real life example?
Hopefully decrease the chances of the behavior happening again and an example is getting a speeding ticket when driving to fast.
A comprehensive set of rating scales for teachers, parents, and students that assist in identifying both problem and adaptive behaviors for children and adolescents
What is the Behavior Assessment System for Children? (BASC)
Statistical term that provides a range within which one's true score on a test can be found
What is a Confidence Interval?
A typical neuropsychological evaluation MUST include what 7 areas?
Attention/Concentration - Memory - Executive Functioning - Language - Visuospatial skills - Motor Skills - Processing Speed
While this test received criticism for its lack of psychometric soundness, it is based from Carl Jung's theory where 16 personality types are distinguished.
Myer-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
While educational testing tells us where a child currently is in their understanding of academics; what is cognitive/IQ testing supposed to tell us?
What someone's potential for learning is.
Term used to describe the process of gathering information that identifies the antecedents and consequences of a student's problem behavior
What is a Functional Behavioral Assessment?
Four most common types of projective tests include:
Rorschach; TAT; House-Tree-Person; Sentence Completion Test
Who is the only professional who can administer a NeuroPsychological Evaluation?
A clinical neuropsychologist is the only professional qualified to conduct a full neuropsychological evaluation. They are licensed psychologists (holding a Ph.D., Psy.D., or Ed.D.) who have completed advanced, specialized post-doctoral fellowship training in how the brain relates to behavior, memory, and cognitive functioning
Name three of the "big five" personality factors.
Hint: think OCEAN
What are openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. (O-C-E-A-N)
In terms of behavior; will a negative reinforcement increase or decrease the likelihood of a behavior from occuring?
Increase
What are some other reasons, besides a student having attentional issues, as to why a student may appear to be unfocused and not paying attention in the classroom?
Mental Health Conditions; sleep disorders; learning disabilities; environmental stressors
Lack of Behavioral Observations
A Psycho-Educational Evaluation typically looks at these 3 core areas?
Cognitive Abilities - Academic Achievement - Social/Emotional and Behavioral Functioning
Projective assessments may lack the minimum standards of _____ and ___?
What is reliability and validity?
What could be considered one of the biggest benefits to remote testing and/or remote therapy?
Increased Accessibility
What rating scale is often used to assess someone's suicidality?
The Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
What is the core methodology is at the heart of behavioral assessment?
Hint: think the beginning of the alphabet
ABC model
What professional typically administers a Psycho-Educational Evaluation?
A School Psychologist
Roots in a House-Tree Person drawing reflects the degree to which a person is
What is settled and secure
What are the 3 most important statistics to focus on when interpreting standardized assessments?
Standard scores; percentile ranks; confidence interval
What are the 3 main ways that behavior is assessed?
direct observation, behavior rating scales, and clinical interviews
On most standardized assessments what standard score range is considered to be within the average range?
85-115