Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

7 Readiness for Program Completion a. Students demonstrate professional knowledge and skills regarding all aspects of psychological assessment, including cognitive, education, and personality assessment. How Outcomes are Measured and Minimum resholds for Achievement for these Objectives/Competencies: Readiness for Practicum VI.RP.a. Students, through examinations and test reviews, must suc- cessfully demonstrate knowledge of core foundations of psychometric theory, including basic notions of reliability, validity, confidence levels, scaling models, scale construction, linear and area transformations, and interpretation of scaled scores (PSY 721). Students must pass the Qualifying Examination that assesses basic knowledge related to cognitive ability testing as it relates to diagnosis of educational problems, basic knowledge related to psychometric theory, developmental psychology, theories of personality, learning and cogni- tion, learning disabilities, and theories of psychopathology. Readiness for Internship VI.RI.a. Students will demonstrate competency with respect to writing psychological reports that demonstrate adequate competency with re- spect to integrating cognitive, neuropsychological processing measures academic achievement measures, and parent ratings of children's social and adaptive behaviors. Minimal level of competency is that students satisfactorily administer, interpret and write psychological reports for two cases that receive ratings of at least 2 (satisfactory) on the Evaluation of Cognitive/Academic Psychological Report form (PSY 707). Students will demonstrate successful administration of an individually administered psychological processing to a school-age child under ob- servation (in-vivo or videotape). Minimal competency level is assessed by faculty via the Observation of Test Administration Form (Appendix) and include both procedural aspects of test administration (i.e. appro- priate use of queries, cues, demonstrations, start and discontinue points) and development of an appropriate assessment relationship (i.e., estab- lishing and maintaining rapport; managing frustrations and interrup- tions; sensitivity to comfort level, appropriate communication). Stu- dents must obtain a global rating of 6 (Satisfactory) in order to meet a minimum level of competence (PSY 703, PSY 707). Students will demonstrate competency with respect to writing psycho- logical reports that accurately interpret individually administered cogni- tive measures in isolation. Minimal level of competency is that students complete at least 4 reports by the end of the semester that accurately in- terpret test findings. Accurate interpretation is defined as: formulating appropriate referral questions, providing accurate and relevant behav- ioral observations, formulating interpretations, using appropriate pro- fessional language, making appropriate use of statistics in decision-mak- ing, providing construct-focused interpretations linked to contexts of theory and practice, appropriate sensitivity to linguistic, cultural and in- dividual diversity, accurately capturing major constructs of interest, and generating appropriate recommendations for educational interventions (PSY 703, PSY 707). V.RP.a. Students will demonstrate appropriate and effective interpersonal behaviors when interacting with peers, supervisors, and faculty, as mea- sured by the personal and interpersonal scale of the Clinic Competency Rating Scale (PSY 509A). Readiness for Internship V.RI.a. Students will demonstrate appropriate communication of psy- chological testing data through written psychological reports as mea- sured by meeting minimal competency benchmarks on the course em- bedded ratings of reports (PSY 707; PSY 720). V.RI.b. Students will demonstrate appropriate and effective communi- cation skills and interpersonal behaviors when interacting with clients and patients including appropriate professional boundaries as measured by the personal and interpersonal scale of the Clinic Competency Rating Scale and the Monitoring Student Progress Forms. Readiness for Program Completion V.RPC.a. Students will demonstrate professional oral and written com- munication skills as determined by internship supervisor ratings and the successful completion of final internship. In addition, Students demon- strate effective relationships with a wide range of clients, colleagues, or- ganizations, and communities (PSY 861 and PSY 862). Goal #6: Assessment: Students will attain broad range competencies in areas of psychological assessment related to assessment of school difficulties, learning disorders, personality disorders, and mental dis- orders. Objectives for Goal #6: a. Students develop assessment skills regarding school difficulties and learning disorders. b. Students develop assessment skills regarding diagnosis of personality and mental disorders. Competencies related to Objectives for Goal #6: Readiness for Practicum Competencies a. Administration, scoring, and interpretation of cognitive measures. Readiness for Internship Competencies a. Administration, scoring, and interpretation of learning and personal- ity measures. b. Administration, scoring, and interpretation of measures of infant de- velopment. c. Ability to select empirically valid assessment measures that address referral questions. d. Ability to understand relationships between cognitive and academic measures and link assessment findings with empirically supported aca- demic interventions. e. Ability to understand relationships between personality and psychopa- thology measures and link assessment findings with empirically support- ed academic and psychotherapeutic interventions. f. Ability to integrate psychological test findings with each other, and with historical context and referral question.

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