Assessment Flashcards
What does (WIAT-II) stand for?
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test – 2nd Ed. (WIAT-II)
What age for WIAT-II?
4-85
What is the WIAT-II used for?
- To assess achievement of individuals
- To assist with diagnosis of specific learning disability, identification of student’s academic strengths and weaknesses, eligibility for educational services and/or intervention designs
What are the composites and subtests of WIAT-II
Reading: word reading, reading comprehension, pseudo word decoding
Maths: numerical operations, main reasoning
Written language: spelling, written expression
Oral Language: listening comprehension, oral expression
WIAT-II scores:
130-above Very Superior
120-129 Superior
110-119 High Average
90-109 Average
80-89 Low
70-79 Borderline
69-below Extremely Low
For the WIAT-II, what is used for provide info for establishing specific learning disorders?
- Discrepancy analyses between ability and achievement scores
For the WIAT-II, what else should be considered besides the scores?
Interpretations should be considered alongside qualitiative behavioural observation and skills analysis.
What does ABAS-3 stand for?
Adaptive Behaviour Assessment System -3rd Ed.
What is the ABAS-3 used for?
- Used to evaluate adaptive behaviour skills that are important for everyday functioning
- Useful for identification of strengths & weaknesses and intervention tracking
What are the ages for the ABAS-3?
- any age across lifespan:
o 0-5: parent/primary caregiver form
o 2-5: teacher/daycare provider form
o 5-21: parent form
o 5-21: teacher form
o 16-89: adult form (only completed by adult if have adequate reading ability otherwise another familiar adult to complete for them)
What domains do the ABAS-3 look at?
- Conceptual domain: Communication, Functional academics, Self-direction
- Social Domain: leisure, social
- Practical Domain: Community Use, Home/school living, Health and safety, Self-care, Motor (only in forms for 0-5), Work (optional for adults/working age)
What do ABAS-3 scores mean?
130-above Well above average
116-130 Above average
85-115 Average
70-84 Below Average
70-below Delayed
What are psychological tests?
standardised device for examining a person’s responses to specific stimuli, usually questions or problems.
What are norms?
the scores and corresponding percentile ranks of A large and representative sample from the population by which the test was designed.
What is random selection and random assignment? What validity is each?
Random selection – how you draw the sample of people for your study from the population as a whole. External validity (generalizability) of results i.e. it reflects how representative your sample is of the population it has been drawn.
Random assignment – how you assign the sample to different groups or treatments in your study. Internal validity (design of study), ensuring experimental groups are equivalent prior to the treatment.
What is reliability and validity?
Reliability – consistency of test scores. The ability of a test to yield same score for same individual through repeated testing.
Validity - ability of teat to measure and predict only what it is supposed to.
What is behavioural observation used for?
to measure the target behaviours of concern that have been established in the interview (target behaviours need to be clearly and objectively defined)
What is anecdotal observation?
observer records behaviours of interest, the antecedent conditions and consequences related to the clients’ natural environment
What is the interview structure / key components?
- Purpose of assessment
- Concerns of client
- Importance of concerns
- Present behaviour
- Antecedents of behaviours
- Consequences of behaviours
- Previous approaches
- Coping skills and resources
- Client’s perception of problem behaviour and distress
What are the important factors of unstructured interviews?
interviewer’s expression of warmth, sincerity, acceptance, and understanding.
What are sources of bias?
o Information variance – variation in the amount and type of info obtained due to different questions being asked.
o Halo effect- attribution of unrelated attributes from the impression gained.
o Confirmatory bias – tendency to ask qs to confirm a psychodynamic explanation
What is reactivity in self-monitoring?
Reactivity – act of self observation leading to behaviour change
o Level of reactivity increases with higher motivation, strong alignment of behaviour with goals, greater visibility of recording devices and higher freq of self recording.
What are the 6 steps for self monitoring?
- Intro to rationale for strategy
- Defining the response clearly
- Clearly defining how and when to record responses
- Charting responses so it can be seen visually
- Deciding where and how to display results (public may provide reinforcement from others but need for confidentiality and shame to be considered).
- Analyzing the data – discuss in therapeutic context to link goals and gains
What does the MSE consider?
general appearance, feeling, perception, thinking, orientation, insight and speech
What should psychologists do when risk is presented?
Continually monitor client/s for signs of increased risk and take reasonable steps to mitigate risk and accurately record in details threats made (including wording).
Psychologists document their rationale for any action taken to safeguard others, including the breaking of confidentiality
What should psychologists do when risk is presented?
Continually monitor client/s for signs of increased risk and take reasonable steps to mitigate risk and accurately record in details threats made (including wording).
Psychologists document their rationale for any action taken to safeguard others, including the breaking of confidentiality
Assessment of harm involves both ___ and ___ risk of harm
Acute and chronic
What are experienced by clients at risk of suicide?
- a spectrum of thoughts, feelings, and behaviours
- range from ambiguous to persistent experiences of hopelessness to self-harm and actual death by suicide.
Assessing Suicide: what should be covered?
- previous history of suicide attempts
- the precipitant, the nature of ideation or attempt, outcome, and the reaction afterwards should be considered
- Intent
- Present thinking
- freq, intensity and duration of thoughts
- protective factors
- other risk factors
- specific plans
- acute risk can be categorised into five factors ranging from:
o minimal (no suicidal ideation) to severe (frequent, intense and enduring ideation).
what is Fluid Vulnerability Theory (chronic risk)?
o theory hypothesises that every individual has a baseline risk depending on their personal history and other factors (e.g., psychiatric diagnosis, history of abuse).
What should be done for clients presenting with moderate risk categories?
close monitoring, combined with a crisis response plan, is appropriate.
What does BDI-II stand for?
Beck Depression Inventory
What is the BDI-II used for and what age?
Self-report measure of depression severity over a fortnight
13 years +
BDI-II Scores:
- 0-13 minimal
- 14-19 mild
- 20-28 mod
- 29-63 sev
What does GAF stand for?
Global assessment of functioing
What is GAF used for?
Measures overall psychosocial functioning for 3 domains:
o Psychological symptom severity
o Social functioning
o Occupation impairment
GAF Scores:
- Score of 1-100, or an interval range.
- Higher scores = healthier functioning
What does the STAI stand for?
State-trait anxiety inventory
What is the STAI used for and what age?
Provides measure of 2 related anx constructs:
o trait (A-Trait) – individual differences in disposition to respond anxiously across life
o state (A-State) – measures fluctuating anx based on immediate, threatening stimuli or temporary conditions
Adults with 6th grade reading ability
STAI scoring:
higher scores = higher anx
What does the ORS measure and what age?
- Measure well-being and therapy outcomes
- Brief measure of client functioning
13 years +
What are the cut off scores for ORS?
higher scores = higher functioning
age 6-12 cut off = 32
age 13-18 cut off = 28
age 18+ cut off = 25
What does the MMPI-2 stand for?
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
What is the MMPI-2 used for?
- Personality assessment
- Broadly assesses dimensions of psychopathology
- Mostly used in psychiatric settings
What ages for MMPI-2?
18 +
MMPI-A for 14-18
What abnormal behaviour and personality are measured in the MMPI-2?
Hypochondriasis
depression,
hysteria,
psychopathic deviate,
masculinity -femininity,
paranoia,
psychasthenia,
schizophrenia,
hypomania,
social introversion
What score indicated clinical sig psychopathology on MMPI-2
T score greater than 65
What does CBCL stand for and what age is it used for?
Child Behaviour Checklist
6-18 - but completed by parents
What is CBCL used for?
assesses emotional and behavioural functioning in children (completed by parents)
What is the ASEBA?
Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment
Group of assessment tools including parent, self and teacher reports of adaptive and maladaptive functioning
What is the TRF?
- Teacher’s Report Form (TRF)
Completed by teacher
What is the YSR?
Youth self report
Complete by adolescent 11-18
What is different between DASS-21 and DASS-42?
DASS = 42-items. 14 items each domain
DASS-21 = 21-items. 7 items each domain.
What is the DASS used for?
- Not a diagnostic measure.
- May give clinician and client important feedback and assist with monitoring process.
What domains of depression measured in the DASS?
dysphoria, hopelessness, devaluation of life, self-deprecation, lack of involvement and anhedonia and inertia (or lack of)
What domains of anxiety measured in the DASS?
heightened physiological state (alertness & arousal) and apprehension or dread. Four domains: autonomic arousal, muscular effects , situational anx, and subjective experience
What domains of stress measured by the DASS?
Difficulty in being able to wind down, nervous arousal, easily upset/agitated, irritable/over reactive, impatient
What is the K10 used for?
General Population.
Simple measure of psychological distress
And as a measure of outcomes following treatment for common mental health disorders.
Past 30 days
What is the K10?
- a self-report measure based on the frequency of symptoms experienced
- used to identify need for treatment.
- 10 questions
What do scores mean on the K10?
- Higher scores= higher distress
- Max score is 50 = severe distress,
- Minimum score is 10 = no distress.
- No universally agreed categories for scoring the K10
- Novo psych scoring of psych distress:
10-19 Psychologically well
20-24 Mild disorder
25-29 moderate
30+ severe
What does the WPPSI-IV stand for?
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence – 4th Ed.
Who is the WPPSI-IV for?
- 2 years 6 months to 7 years 7 months.
What is the WPPSI-IV used for?
- Assessing intelligence
- Used for assessing of cognitive delays, giftedness and informing educational and placement interventions and decisions.
What are the primary index scores for the WPPSI-IV?
Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI),
Visual Spatial Index (VSI),
Fluid Reasoning Index (FRI),
working memory index (WMI),
Processing Speed Index (PSI)
What scores used for the WPPSI-IV?
Index and full scale IQ
Described in qualitative terms from ext low (69<) and very superior (130>).
What does SB5 stand for?
Stanford =-Binet Intelligence Scales
What is the SB5 used for?
- Identifying low and high levels of intellectual functioning
- Measures performance on complex tasks of memory, judgement and comprehension.