09_Assessment

Question 1

Informed Consent for Assessment

Answer 1

Nature and purpose of the assessment

Fees

Limits of confidentiality

Involvement of third parties
(e.g. court, parents, employer)

Question 2

When informed consent is not needed for assessment

Answer 2

When testing is part of a routine educational, institutional, or organizational activity

Or is mandated by law

Question 3

A forensic practitioner can conduct an examination over the objection of the examinee if there is a court order.

If the examinee declines to proceed after being notified of the nature and purpose of the examination, the practitioner may consider the following options…

Answer 3

Postponing the examination

Advising the examinee to contact their attorney

Notify retaining party about examinee’s unwillingness to proceed

Question 4

Test Data and Test Materials:

Overview

Answer 4

Raw/ scaled scores

Client/patient responses to test questions or stimuli

Psychologist notes and recordings of behavioral observations

Question 5

When Test Data can be withheld

Answer 5

To protect the client from substantial harm or misuse or written misrepresentation of the data or the test

Question 6

Protection of Test Materials

Answer 6

Psychologist must make reasonable efforts to protect the integrity and security of test materials

E.g. manuals, protocols, test questions or stimuli

Question 7

Assessment Results:

Interpretation

Answer 7

Psychologist must consider purpose of assessment and any factors that might affect accuracy with of interpretation

Must indicate any potential limitations of conclusions

Cultural considerations such as language skills

Question 8

Scoring and Interpretation Services

Answer 8

Psychologist must describe the purpose, validity, reliability, norms, and application of the services

Also specify any special qualifications required for their use

Question 9

Primary basis of selecting Scoring and Interpretation Services

Answer 9

Validity

Question 10

Assessment Feedback

Answer 10

Psychologists must take reasonable steps to ensure that explanation of results are given to the individual or designated representative

Cannot just give a client their scores

Need to provide an understandable explanation of scores and implications

Question 11

Four methods to prevent the misuse of Psychological Tests

Answer 11

Conclusions are based on assessment results

Techniques must always be used for appropriate purposes

Tests administered, scored, interpreted by qualified people only

Recommendations are not based on results of outdated or obsolete tests

Question 12

Obsolete tests:

Considerations

Answer 12

Difficult to determine when assessing results are no longer useful or valid

Client’s welfare is always the guiding principle:
“Is retention or deletion of the data in the best interest of the client?”