Importance of Understanding Normal Development (26 pages)PSYC 371 – Child & Adolescent Psychological Assessment - Spring 2006 Tuesday 12:30-3:15 p.m. Instructor: Betsy Hoza, Ph.D. Teaching Asst: Laurie Kaufman The goal of Child and Adolescent Psychological Assessment is to provide students with a strong foundation in basic child and adolescent assessment skills. Through course readings, discussions, and practice assessments, students will become familiar with a range of behavioral, intellectual, and achievement assessment techniques and will begin to develop competence in applied clinical assessment. This course lays the groundwork for basic child practicum training. Required texts: Kamphaus, R.W., & Frick, P.J. (2002). Clinical assessment of child and adolescent personality and behavior (2nd edition). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Note: available at the University bookstore. Sattler, J. M., & Dumont, R. (2004). Assessment of children: WISC-IV and WPPSI supplement. San Diego: Sattler. Note: available at: http://www.sattlerpublisher.com/wisc4_order.htm Required readings that are not from the above texts can be checked out for use as discussed in class. Grading for this course will be based on the following components: 30% Class participation (preparedness for class and contributions to group discussions) 15% Administration of comprehensive child/family behavioral assessment 20% Write-up of comprehensive child/family behavioral assessment 15% Administration of intellectual assessment 20% Write-up of intellectual assessment Useful Tidbits: 1. 100% class attendance is expected. Missed classes will affect your class participation grade. 2. Please complete reading assignments prior to class each week. You will be called upon to participate in class and your preparedness for class will affect your class participation grade. 3. In addition to content, grades on written assignments will take into account writing style, spelling and grammar. In other words, I recommend handing in polished work. Written assignments will be critiqued by classmates and discussed in class on a rotation basis. 4. Test audiovisual equipment in advance if you are taping an assessment session. No credit will be given for administration of assessments in the event that equipment fails to function.Page 2 Guidelines for Selecting Volunteer Examinees: 1. All examinees must be volunteers. Parental permission must be secured for examinees under 18. Consent forms will be provided by the TA and must be signed prior to beginning interviewing/testing. 2. Parents must be informed beforehand that interview/test results will not be disclosed. Emphasize that you are learning how to administer interviews/tests and that the results may not be valid. You can reassure parents that the session will probably be interesting and pleasant for the child. 3. Do not test your own child, any child you know well, or children of close friends or relatives. However, your children or your friends'/relatives' children may be tested by other students in the course. 4. All examinee information is confidential. Do not discuss an examinee or his/her performance outside of class. Identify examinees in reports and on protocols by pseudonyms. 5. Begin now to line up examinees--you will need to begin testing as soon as possible. Students who have taken this course previously are good sources of suggestions for recruiting examinees. 6. All interviews/test administrations must be scheduled with and supervised by the T.A. Course Outline and Reading Assignments: 1/17/06 Classification and Developmental Psychopathology (18 pages) Chapter 3 (Classification and Developmental Psychopathology, pp. 46-63) from: Kamphaus, R.W., & Frick, P.J. (2002). Clinical assessment of child and adolescent personality and behavior (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Importance of Understanding Normal Development (26 pages) Chapter 3 (An Introduction to Development, pp. 48-73) from: Morrison, J., & Anders, T. F. (1999). Interviewing children and adolescents: Skills and strategies for effective DSM-IV diagnosis. NY: Guilford Press. 1/24/06 Clinical Interviewing with Parents, Children and Adolescents (61 pages) Chapter 5 (Planning the Evaluation and Rapport Building, pp. 80-95) from: Kamphaus, R.W., & Frick, P.J. (2002). Clinical assessment of child and adolescent personality and behavior (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Chapter 14 (History Taking, pp. 299-312) from: Kamphaus, R.W., & Frick, P.J. (2002). Clinical assessment of child and adolescent personality and behavior (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.Page 3 Chapter 1 (Interviewing Informants: The Basics, pp. 17-36) and Chapter 2 (Structuring the First Interview with the Young Patient, pp. 37-47) from: Morrison, J., & Anders, T. F. (1999). Interviewing children and adolescents: Skills and strategies for effective DSM-IV diagnosis. NY: Guilford Press. 1/31/06 Structured Diagnostic Interviewing (28 pages) Chapter 12 (Structured Diagnostic Interviews, pp. 255-271) from: Kamphaus, R.W., & Frick, P.J. (2002). Clinical assessment of child and adolescent personality and behavior (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Review of DBD Structured Interview Jensen, A. L., & Weisz, J. R. (2002). Assessing match and mismatch between practitioner-generated and standardized interview-generated diagnoses for clinic- referred children and adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70, 158-168. 2/7/06 Writing Behavioral Assessment Reports (20 pages) & Review of Report Template Chapter 17 (Report Writing, pp. 357-376) from: Kamphaus, R.W., & Frick, P.J. (2002). Clinical assessment of child and adolescent personality and behavior (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Review of report template. 2/14/06 A Whirlwind Tour of Measurement Issues and Psychometrics (69 pages) Chapter 2 (Measurement Issues, pp. 19-45) from: Kamphaus, R.W., & Frick, P.J. (2002). Clinical assessment of child and adolescent personality and behavior (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Chapter 4 (Useful statistical and measurement concepts; pp. 86-127) from: Sattler, J. M. (2001). Assessment of children: Cognitive applications (4th ed). San Diego: Sattler. 2/21/06