Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, Treatment Flashcards
assessment
process used to collect, interpret, and use clinical information to produce a description of an “assessed” individual
case conceptualization
a set of hypotheses about the causes, antecedents, and maintaining factors of a child’s presenting problems
diagnostic assessment
consists of tools used to generate diagnoses and classify behaviors; variable centered; grounded in nomothetic assessment principles
- help identify if treatment is needed based on above or below clinical cut-off symptoms, facilitate treatment selection and planning, etc.
behavioral assessment
grounded in idiographic principles; tools are considered person-centered; adheres to principles of generalizability theory
- helps identify target behaviors, their controlling conditions, and functions they serve
idiographic tools
nomothetic tools
child behaviour assessment
exploratory, hypothesis-testing process in which a range of specific procedures is used to understand a given child, group, or social ecology, and to formulate and evaluate specific intervention strategies
standardization
the extent to which a tool is used in the same way across administration conditions
normative evidence
testing process in which a range of specific procedures is used to understand a given child, group, or social ecology, and to formulate and evaluate specific intervention strategies
reliability
refers to the extent to which a test garners responses that are consistent across administrations, reporters, or time
validitiy
the extent to which assessment scores map onto the intended concept
primary goals of case conceptualization
1) forming a diagnostic profile
2) informing treatment planning delivery
3) guiding treatment monitoring and feedback
